FedEX the Greatest of All Time?

the new french open has been crowned and surprise surprise is mr roger himself. does this title that has been eluding him for so long make him the greatest to have ever played the game?
Dont get me wrong i have no particlular aversion to the man, on the other hand i think that he is one of the most stylish players of the game. his movement on court seems so stylish and effortless. neverthless i have never been an ardent supporter.

After shocking and surprising loss to soderling there were no surprises as to who would probably win the title. the other challengers were dropped along the wayside not making much progress - djokovich and murray in particular. though federer huffed and puffed his way to the final very unlike the man he didnt have to much of a challenge on the other side of the net.

soderling was probably just relishing and enjoying his moment in the sun. federer on the other hand didnt have his nemesis on the other side of the net pumping his humongous arms and sending federer on a fetching challenge from one side of the court to another. life could not have been better for the man who painfully lost the oz open earlier in the year. seems like the wedding and the baby on the way were some sort of good luck charm.

would fedex have claimed the title, even if rafa was on the other side of the net. according to me it is highly unlikely. federer was in poor form all through the tournament and nearly lost a couple of matches. all were against players unlikely to reach the semi's or even the finals for that matter. if rafa was in the menacing form that he was in roger would probably be goin to london wondering if he would ever be able to conquer the clay of roland garros.

is he the greatest of all time? if we look at the number of grandslams and the time that he won them in then the statistics defininetly point to the fact that he is the greatest. but stats are not the only determining factor. technology has changed drastically for instance. rod lavel didnt have hawk eye, neither did john mconroe. the rackets, the shoes medical advances and the like.

roger, for the most part of his career didnt have a rival who could challenge him. he only had himself to look upto to reach higher and higher. andy roddick kept up for a while, but that was short lived. with the immergence of rafa, roger found his empire being taken away from him one by one. at the age of 23 how many tennis stars can boast of the success that rafa has had.

roger has entered his name in the history books for sure. rafa too has the potential to lead the next generation of players into the the next era of tennis. he too has the potential to become one of the greatest players. whether he can sustain the intensity to continue, only time will tell.

the debate will continue to rage on. is fedex the greatest. well i think hes one of the greatest. and i here i rest my case.