Originally Posted by
AlexLogan
I have to disagree and say that Federer, at least, has played better. Yes, he is playing incredibly well at the moment, but what would you expect from the most gifted man ever to pick up a racket? If you compare the form that he's experiencing at the moment with that of 2005-7, there's no comparison. During those years he was unfathomably good, even better than he is now.
However, it doesn't quite seem right to say that he's "past his prime". He's still on top of the world.