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Bionic Poster
That's a fair assessment. I agree with all that you've said, but have 1 minor quibble. In my opinion, Murray had a higher peak at RG than Delpo. I'm fine the other way as well.
A lot of people who bash Murray here seem to forget that it took him the entire 2014 season to get some semblance of form back, post his 2013 surgery. He had played so many 250s/500s just to get match practice. (The proof is 2 insane 3hr matches against Tommy Robredo). He laid his all just to qualify for the YEC. I wish he had been just as aggressive post 2014, in order to preserve his body a bit more.
I always wonder what the GS count would've looked had Delpo, Murray, and Stan would've been fit for a longer time. I doubt that any player would've won 20 GSs for sure. It would've made the ATP much better and competitive in my opinion.
Delpo in RG 09 was well above Murray at RG 15/16/17.
Agree on the other stuff.