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Originally Posted by GeoffRas22
Also something to think about
11 of Nadal's 14 GS finals wins have been against Novak or Federer. He's 11-5 vs those two in finals. He basically never got to win without playing one of the three best players ever. Fed otoh, has won 3 of his 17 GS's vs Nadal or Djokovic & is 3-9 vs those two in finals. LOL at thinking he didn't benefit from being 5 years older than those two and fading facing either of them for a few years in any GS.
Mean it's a good point but by the age of 22 Nadal had 5 slams, Roger had 1.
Between 23-26 Roger won 11, whereas Rafa won 6.
They both come through at the same age, they both win just as much IMO. Rafa starts earlier then fades, Fed starts later.
It was only at the age of 27 when they both had similar careers, Fed 13 slams, Rafa 13 slams.
Roger had a load more weeks at #1 and tour end finals, Rafa had more ATP1000 events.
Same with Novak 1 slam aged 23, didn't get going until 24.