Federer

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

I strongly disagree. All he has to do is win 15 slams to be the best ever. His two runner-ups at the French against arguably the greatest mud court player of all time is sufficient.

Borg won 5 French opens (Nadal has got 2 or 3 more to go?), and 5 Wimbledons. Retired at 26, Federer's age now. Thats the man that stands in his way imo.

Points well taken though.

Originally Posted by pgardn

Borg won 5 French opens (Nadal has got 2 or 3 more to go?), and 5 Wimbledons. Retired at 26, Federer's age now. Thats the man that stands in his way imo.

Points well taken though.

Bjorg had 6 French Opens.

Federer already has 5 Wimbledons, 4 US Opens and 3 Aussies.

12 to 11

Bjorg has 5 runners-up to 2 for Federer.

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

Bjorg had 6 French Opens.

Federer already has 5 Wimbledons, 4 US Opens and 3 Aussies.

12 to 11

Bjorg has 5 runners-up to 2 for Federer.

Borg won on the two most specialized surfaces.
Good grass players were not usually good on clay,
and vice versa... so that is the amazing thing.
His inability to win on an intermediate surface, hardcourts,
still has me baffled though. I think the US open alluded him
due to the crowd backing of others (McEnroe)
But I am really not sure.

Plus, I have never seen anyone as quick as Borg.
Probably never will.

Originally Posted by pgardn

Borg won on the two most specialized surfaces.
Good grass players were not usually good on clay,
and vice versa... so that is the amazing thing.
His inability to win on an intermediate surface, hardcourts,
still has me baffled though. I think the US open alluded him
due to the crowd backing of others (McEnroe)
But I am really not sure.

Plus, I have never seen anyone as quick as Borg.
Probably never will.

I'd argue that Federer is the quickest to ever play. He just looks slow because the game comes natural to him.

Originally Posted by Pillow Pants

I'd argue that Federer is the quickest to ever play. He just looks slow because the game comes natural to him.

Best anticipation imo.
But not the quickest.

[Seattleallstar]

Federer is the man! I haven't enjoyed watching tennis this much since the mid 90s when i was getting into tennis. I like Roger more than I do Pete. Roger is just like a machine, those timely backhands that were in were just incredible shots. It also seemed at times like he was a few steps ahead of Dvic, and anticpated the shots.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

Federer is the man! I haven't enjoyed watching tennis this much since the mid 90s when i was getting into tennis. I like Roger more than I do Pete. Roger is just like a machine, those timely backhands that were in were just incredible shots. It also seemed at times like he was a few steps ahead of Dvic, and anticpated the shots.

Everybody knows Tennis is fixed.