Sunday, February 01, 2009
FEDERER HASN'T DONE IT. Nor did Sampras. McEnroe, Borg, Lendl, Becker and Edberg also never did. Laver and his predecessors didn't have the chance to do it. Rafael Nadal joins Jimmy Connors, Mats Wilander and Andre Agassi as the only male players to have completed the Surface Slam, winning major titles on grass, clay and hard courts.
(Apologies to my pal Mats -- I forgot about his his grass-court Australian Open titles for a minute there.)
(Apologies to my pal Mats -- I forgot about his his grass-court Australian Open titles for a minute there.)