Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mick Mac Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I think its a pretty poor excuse that he's up > > against 3 world class players... > > > > Would he have fared any better in the era of > Borg, > > McEnroe and Connors ? > > Ditto Sampras/Agassi. Or even Becker and Edberg. > Would his chances have been any better when these > guys were top of the rankings? Of course there will always be good players in any era, but IMO what marks out the current era is the all round depth of quality of Fed, Rafa and Djokovic. It's unusual to have 3 world class players capable of winning on all surfaces, thus making it harder for Murray to win any of the Slams. Fed, Rafa and Djokovic, have each won the 4 Grand Slams. There are no surface specialists in that group. Borg never won at the US or Oz Open. McEnroe never won at the French or Oz Open. Also, in the open tennis era there have only been 6 players to win three or more Grand Slam singles titles in a calendar year...Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. Note the last 3...