Rafael Nadal just won his 21st Gland Slam at the Australian Open.
In a stunning 5-hour epic, he bet Daniil Medvedev in the final, and is now 1 Grand Slam ahead of both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
However, following the match, my newsfeeds started to fill up with a lot of “GOAT talk”, and it just doesn’t feel right.
There’s a reason why we don’t speculate about the ending of a movie when we’re in the middle of the action. The story is still unfolding. There are twists and turns that are yet to come.
It’s only with time, distance, and results, that any Greatest of All Time debate can be had.
It’s a treat to watch Nadal, Federer, and Djokovic battle for the honour of being the greatest male tennis player—but the rest of the story still needs to be written.