the supposedly "best ever" must be gritting his teeth for his dream of winning all four grand-slams in a year went in vain yet again. :P what seems to be like a piece of cake in hard/grass court for federer is a different ball game in clay. if the player of roger's caliber finds it hard to win consistently in clay, which seems more true after today, there must be something more than what we normally think of the legends bjorn borg and agassi-- they have earned more respect from my side for sure. :P LooTe