By Toto Mortillero
With the latest collection of his 18th grand slam at the Australian Open, I consider Roger Federer as the greatest tennis player of all time. His 18 grand slams is by far the greatest feat any tennis player can do since the game was invented, not to mention the fact that he had eclipsed the number of grand slams the all time greats like Boris Becker, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Rod Laver, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi, Arthur Ashe, Bjorn Borg, to name a few had.
He is one of the few to have won all the three surfaces in grand slam events in tennis namely, the clay court, the grass surface and the cemented one. Dubbed as the Federer Express, Roger Federer is also one of the few to have won all of the four grand slams in tennis like the Australian Open, the French Open, the U.S. Open and the Wimbledon.
His rivalry with the Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal an all time great himself to having won fourteen grand slams in his name is considered as the greatest rivalry in tennis. The duo had battled neck and neck for more than thirty times already in world championship and grand slam tennis matches.
His undying love of tennis made him the greatest as a matter of fact he tried to claim greatness by playing the game without winning a single grand slam for five years not until he won again the Australian Open. His thirty five (35) years of existence in the planet makes him an old man in the game but he managed to establish as the oldest Australian Open champion and probably as the oldest grand slam tennis champion.
His undying love of the game, his untiring capacity to play the game not to mention his feats, accolades and exploits of it makes ROGER FEDERER the greatest tennis player of all time.
