Is Federer The Greatest Of All Time?

    There is a big question in tennis right now. Is Roger Federer the greatest tennis player of all time? My opinion is that Roger Federer is the second greatest player of all time. I think that Rod Laver is the best player of all time. He won two grand slams, eleven titles, and wasn't allowed to play for some years because the ATP suspended him from playing grand slams. He was creaming people before he got suspended and after the suspension. He couldn't play for about four years, but, if he could have played at that time, who knows how many grand slams he could have gotten.

    Back then, the grass was VERY fast, and the clay was slow. Now the grass has become a lot slower. To be able to play on really fast surfaces, really slow surfaces, and surfaces in the middle, is great. Bjorn Borg could play on rally fast and really slow, but not in the middle. If he was better on hard, he would pass Federer as one of the greats.

    Roger Federer is a really great player. The only problem is that, at his peak, he loses consistently to one single person: Rafael Nadal. Federer's flaw is the high backhand. It gets wild sometimes, and Nadal really exploits that. Rafa leads the head to head record thirteen to seven. The times that Federer has been knocked out of a grand slams are mostly to Nadal. If he had been beaten by different people, he would have been the greatest of all time, but losing to one single player takes it down a bit.

    Here's a small roundup of Roger's game:

Forehand: Amazing

Backhand: Good

Slice: Great

Volleys: Great

Drop shot: Incredible

First Serve: Great

Second Serve: Great

Serve Return: Very Good

Stamina: A LOT OF IT!

Footwork: Good

Mentality: Needs a bit more toughness here