CAMELOT FANTASIES

Earlier today I watched the 2005-6 FO with Rafa and Roger. The tennis was sublime. It was the one where Federer reeled of the 600 set before Rafa rebounded. Then, later on they showed Rafa vs. Novak 2014, and it occurred to me that, while Nole is a good player, he's not in the same realm as Rafa and Roger. Their tennis was otherworldly when they faced off against each other in the beginning of the rivalry. Novak just looks like a better Ferrer, pedestrian and boring.

Nole is the benefactor of age and time. Federer is almost six years older than him and Rafa and Roger combined for ten years of dominance. Now Rafa and Fed are battle weary and Novak has stepped up to the plate. But he will never be in the same league as these two guys because now he meets them at the end of the battles.