I go hard on both Fedal as I see Novak not getting his due even now! That's so disrespectful to any player at the top like him giving credit to a lack of comp.! Sampras has a lot of comp. back then, but his finals were mostly routine events having little trouble def. his pigeon on 1990 on, Andre Agassi & other huge adversaries like Phillipousis, Pioline, & Chang! I've already pointed out Novak's record is as symmetrical as can be w/ comp. that was just as legendary as him being the GOAT now! As you said, he "hoovered up" many titles, but there's been a balance from 2008 until 2023 (winning 3 of 4 majors for the 4th time)! He won 12 Majors early 2008-2016, then 12 more late 2018-2023, adding 2 more YEC's later in his career after going yrs. w/o a win! His omp. has been strong & steep from beginning to end; Fedal, Lost Gen, Lost Gen II, now dealing w/ NG's w/ even more talent & games! As much as you might think of me as fanboy rolling out these records, I'm just balancing out his haters that continue to believe tennis begins & ends w/ Fedal! NOT!