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Originally Posted by Carnivore
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It's very difficult for anyone to really prove it's not this. Especially given a 35 year old Federer winning a major title in 2017. And that his top contender 10 years ago was once again his top contender.
meh, ELO considers this. you can look at the top players records against each other. there were no other great players when Fed was 25. if there were, somebody would stand out when compared to the universe of non Fed players, and that didn't happen
look, it was still a great season but Nadal and Djoker had better ones
and even that being said, I have a very hard time with the argument that peak Fed was x year but one or 2 years later he was significantly different. we're talking about the guy who had the longest extended peak ever. just find the argument awfully convenient that his age 27 and 28 years were WAY different for him and it just so happens that's when guys like Djoker and Nadal happened to start beating him, and in Nadals case by a lot