Roger Federer is not only the player of the decade, but most likely the "greatest player to ever live". Instead of rambling on about how great he is, I'm going to just list some of his accomplishments. After seeing some of these things you begin to realize just how amazing the guy really is, and doesn't get enough credit for all of his accomplishments.
- Roger Federer during the 00's won a mens record 15 Grand Slam Championships.
- He won a record 5 straight U.S. Open titles from '04-'08.
- Won 6 Wimbledon championships '03-'07 and '09
- "The Rog" won 3 Australian Open titles.
- Won a French Open title to earn the "career grand slam" which is winning a title at all 4 different Grand Slam tournaments
- 1st man to be ranked #1 for atleast four consecutive (non-calendar) years.
- Roger Federer currently is on a streak of reaching the semifinals at 22 straight Grand Slam events. The last time he has not made it to the semifinals was the French Open in '04. That in itself is amazing.
The list goes on and on and Roger's achievments can be seen here Fed's accomplishments.
Recently the AP named Tiger Woods the athlete of the decade. Lance Armstrong was second, with Federer coming in third...REALLY? A "blood-doper", who rides a bicycle in second? It should of been a 1a and 1b with Woods and Federer in my opinion. A roid'er who blood dopes just to ride his bike through some mountains is not worthy of being on this list. Well maybe down the list, tied with Brandon Inge.
I think Tiger got #1 because he's a "barrier-breaker." First African-Asian-American top golfer. First billionaire athlete. World-record skank-banger. lol In my opinion, however, Federer deserves the number one spot. His accomplishments are pretty much staggering. While it might arguably be harder to be a great golfer (cuz golf is, um, hard), it doesn't require the same level of physical endurance tournament after tournament. Federer is the man.
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