Originally Posted by TMF
I can use another example besides Federer if you want me to.
Whether if you think at least 5 matches makes a rival is up to you. I'm not saying that you can't makeup your own rules(and no one has to agree). My point is in a real match, a win is a win. Your suggesting a win(or a loss) doesn't count if they haven't meet at least 5 times. If that's what you're trying to tell me than I disagree.
i think you need to look up what rivalry means
Competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field.
people like federer, von cristenberg, schaller, and whoever else sampras played once and lost (or played once and beat) to are not his rivals
not sure why you can't grasp this
it's like calling rosol a rival of nadal. he just isn't
you're clinging to the fact that federer beat sampras once, not sure why