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I’m no tennis expert, and my knowledge mostly consists of what my grandmother fills me in on when I visit her from time to time. However, I felt that what happened today just really couldn’t go without mentioning. I know he didn’t beat Rafa Nadal in either the Final or on the way to it, but in no way should that make Roger Federer’s French Open win today less legitimate.

Immediately after Federer won the Open, the announcers continually discussed Federer being confirmed as the “greatest male tennis player ever.” Now, I’m really not going to comment on that, because I know nothing about tennis players before I was born, but I can compare him to the previous great: Pete Sampras. I think you can probably make a very solid case that Federer already had a better career than Sampras, but today certainly confirmed it. Those clay courts, both of these legends’ nemesis, finally gave way to Federer. And I’m extremely happy they did. I like Federer. He’s so passionate, yet so concentrated even when he’s just points away from a championship.

I guess the point I want to make is that Federer is an amazing player to watch, whether you like him or hate him. He probably is the best male tennis player of all-time and at the least has joined an elite club of only six players to have won all four grand slam championships. So no matter what kind of tennis fan, be happy that you get the chance to watch a man as great as Federer.