THIS IS WRITTEN BY MA FREN, LASYA:)

Am not praising Roger 'only' because he has won 15 grand slams or cause he won french open this year..
dont tell me Roger is inconsistent or there are no potential opponents except that "freakish kid" named rafa..
reaching 22 cosecutive grand slam finals, world no. 1 for 237 consecutive weeks!! n u say he is not consistent??
wat abt roddick, safin, hewitt, haas, blake, djokovic, murray (my other favorite players :P) aren't they good enough?? they certainly wud ve bagged some grand slam wins if Roger wasn't around..
Playing against a man of Roger's calibre in itself is a huge task.. he plays with such great panache.. one will have to be mentally strong not just physically to be able to beat him. For many 'young players', the thought of playing against Roger in a grand slam final itself makes them nervous. If this is the case then its a simple mind game rather than heavy shot making tennis. 'Never allow ur opponent to settle down'.
now to say abt Petes, i love him too but it took him around 12 years to win 14 n not to forget the Muskateer's Cup is missing in his collection.
it took only around 7 years for Roger to break petes record and to win a carrer slam n he is still doin very well.
Petes was a serve n volleyer but Roger can play fom behind the baseline, can serve n volley, has got variety of fabulous shots, great footwork.. it was Roger who stopped pete from winning his 5th consecutive wimbeldon title!
Roger not playing well in the last few grand slams? he suffered from mononucleosis but still made it to semis of australian open 2008. he suffered from back injury. he made it to other three grand slam finals n won one. he came back from two sets down in the final of wimbeldon 2008 forcing the fifth set against 'Rafa' n the set went on to 9-7.
year 2009... roger played extremely good at australian open.. that match against roddick.. just awesome. rafa was on the verge of losing in semis against verdasco. about the final.. well roger is not God to play every point in the match perfectly.. he certainly has had n will have some good days n some bad ones like any other human.

French open.. 'the king of clay', rafa cudn't even make it to the quarters n lost to some world no. 23 (at that time).Shows winning a grand slam 5th consecutive time isn't an easy job and that to on two different surfaces like Roger.
wimbeldon..getting injured, considering all other factors, depends also on the style in which they play. sad rafa cudn't play coz of injury. if rafa isn't playing aren't there any other good men on tour? the british media made murray almost a winner even before the tournament started.. but Roger won it beating Haas, Del potro, Roddick in nail biting thrillers...
US open final..just another bad day.
As Roger himself has said, he has had the most amazing summer.
He tops the list of highest tennis prize money winners. He is the current world no. 1
Abt retirement.. he is still fit, playing superbly n come on, is 28 the age at which one who is on top of his game, fit wud retire?? he is jus 8 years elder than us!

To say abt other legends like Rod laver,Bjorn Borg, Jimmy cornors, Mc Enroe, Stephen Edberg, Ivan Lendl etc i haven't had the opportunity to watch them play.. so we will have to rely on the statistics and wat others say.
Surely there will be some player who wud break Roger's records too in the years to come.. as they say records are meant to be broken.who knows.. it might be rafa.

To compare Roger n Rafa, we will have to wait till the end of their career.
As of now we have to respect Roger, the man who is doing things in the way never done before.
I wud say am just glad to have born in the era in which a man named Roger Federer is playing!
One more thing.. :P
if Rafa is the best clay courter we have seen in recent times, then definitely Roger is the second best clay courter... he hasn't lost to any one except Nadal at Roland Garros in the last 5 years