I like your counter to this. It's hard to get a true comparison because of different equipment and different eras. All a player can do is play with what the time and trend dictates, and currently the trend is that net guys (for the most part) are getting slaughtered by baseline rallyers, which was not the case in Borg's era. Federer in his prime can hit every shot, and I truly think he could've dominated in Borg's day as well. But like I said, different equipment and different trends, so we'll never know.
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To be honest I havn´t got a clue about tennis, just wanted to show how silly this "best ever" business is by throwing a few names into the hat.
You can´t compare two athletes or anyone actually from different generations, if Bjorn Borg had had the technology and financial input from today maybe he would have thrashed Federer, but we will never know.
I do like Haile Gebrselassie though, being a runner myself I can appreciate his achievements and sportsmanship.
Its too difficult for me to say a guy is the GOAT in a sport based on hearsay and 'could've beens." The guy has a great reputation as a baller, but it was up to him to prove it to everybody else on the big stage. He's obviously respected, but I don't see how anybody could say he was the greatest other than guys that actually competed against him and the other greatest players to compare.
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Also, I just actually read some posts and by no stretch of the imagination was Ian Thorpe better than Michael Phelps. You probably think Alain Bernard is good as well.
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