[SeekAndFind]

Some will rank Roger Federer as among the greatest in modern tennis history, but an argument can be made for Rafael Nadal.

Between Nadal and Federer, Nadal has shown that he has the upper hand when they meet.

I have not seen Federer show that he could master Nadal on clay.

Now Nadal has proven that he can win on almost all surfaces. He's only 24 and has another 5 years to exceed Federer's record of 16 Grand Slam singles title. At this age, he already has 9 Grand Slams and an Olympic Gold.

Federer on the other hand, is approaching 30 and is clearly on the decline. He will probably be ranked as the greatest tennis player ever until Nadal matches or exceeds his record ( if he can ).

[mlizzy]

I wrote up a quick post right after the game before there were any articles written here (with a couple nice pictures), but I agree with you, Federer is showing his age just a little, and with the competition out there, that's enough to possibly keep him from future finals (although I hope that's not true). If Nadal stays healthy, he'll catch up with Federer or certainly come close I think. Brilliant players, the both of them, and I absolutely love when they play one another ...

[garyhope]

I think Rafa is great. Federer is pretty damn good also. Once I thought that only Federer could beat Rafa and only Rafa could beat Federer.

What I like about Rafa is his professionalism, seriousness and his lack of pretense and showy emotion or histrionics. The same for Federer. Both great players. Both real pros.

[Steelers6]

You never know, Jack Nicklaus is still the greatest golfer of all-time with 18 Professional Majors + 8 Sr. Championship Majors and 2 US Ameteurs and is with Tiger Woods are only player to ever win all 4 majors at least 3 times. He was also 2nd in 19 Majors and finished 3rd, 4th, or 5th another 19 times. He also tied for 6th at age 58 at the masters.

It looked like Tiger Woods would easily catch him but he has slowed down the last 3-4 years with only 1 major in 2007 & 2008 and none the last 2 years. I expect Tiger to still catch Jack since he will be 35 at the end of this year and should win 6 or 7 more before he moves to the Senior tour in 15 years.

Federer is the best of all time in tennis, 16 Major titles is a record that Nadal may catch but he has to stay healthy and he has some problems in that area already and Federer will still have opportunities to add to his record, he might get 20 before he hangs it up.