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**GogaMegaPiska** · 07-15-2009, 04:13 AM

As has been pointed out by others, it's very difficult to compare across generations.

Who's to say that Andy Roddick is not better than Andre Agassi was but had the misfortune to play in the time of Federer? On the other hand, maybe many players in the older generation were better than Fed.

You can only judge by dominance over your own generation and very subjectively hypothesize about the rest.

And really .... 15 slams to 14 is not exactly incontrovertible evidence. That 21 straight SF is fairly hard to argue against though.

Back on topic, I think Pete was fine. He basically said Fed is GOAT but there are some arguments to the contrary as lack of Roland Garros was an argument against Pete. Based on the transcript, I thought Pete was fair.

07-15-2009, 04:13 AM	#10
GogaMegaPiska Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 417 Senior Member	As has been pointed out by others, it's very difficult to compare across generations. Who's to say that Andy Roddick is not better than Andre Agassi was but had the misfortune to play in the time of Federer? On the other hand, maybe many players in the older generation were better than Fed. You can only judge by dominance over your own generation and very subjectively hypothesize about the rest. And really .... 15 slams to 14 is not exactly incontrovertible evidence. That 21 straight SF is fairly hard to argue against though. Back on topic, I think Pete was fine. He basically said Fed is GOAT but there are some arguments to the contrary as lack of Roland Garros was an argument against Pete. Based on the transcript, I thought Pete was fair.
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