That is no "escape clause".
That is a fact of life, but I didn't want to imply dishonesty when I don't have hard facts, that is why my further response put the prerequisites for fixing such when giving your answers, so that was the point of my post.
Seeing that you finally admit that indeed age takes its toll, now we are quibbling over what constitutes a sign that the age has taken its toll over Federer and Nadal.
To be honest, your sudden admission that "we may finally be seeing" those effects is not confidence-inspiring when it comes to the sincerity of your position here, since this year, is, IMO, equally impressive for both players, minus the injuries that they supposedly had.
I mean, Nadal won a Major, lost a SF to a very well playing Djokovic by the tiniest of margins, and supposedly was injured in the other two Majors.
He also sweeped the clay season, just like the previous year.
Federer won a Major, reached #1 in the world by winning Rotherdam, reached the final in IW and went out of Wimbledon after a supposed injury, after which struggled with his conditioning, not with his game.
I have a hard time distinguishing grossly between those two seasons when it comes to his game, although arguably he won less, especially if we put them in the grand scheme of things, and consider what Norman said.
In your view, which elements of their games have deteriorated between 2017 and 2018, speaking only of their game when they were healthy, not considering their injuries?
