World No. 2 Roger Federer beat Robin Soderling at the French Open final to win his 14th Grand Slam title, tying the record of Pete Sampras and becoming the sixth man to achieve the career slam.
Federer ranks Grand Slam#14 as important as Grand Slam#1, which he won at Wimbledon in 2003.
Here's the ranking points update for the "Big 4":
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rTde0SDImZ37_Uo7Sg0BtFg&output=html
With Federer's win and Nadal's early exit at Roland Garros, only 2,070 points separate them at the top of the rankings.
As a footnote, I didn't like how John McEnroe (one of the commentators in the US broadcast) kept calling Federer the greatest of all time as if mocking the guy. Could McEnroe, a seven-time Grand Slam winner himself but never won the French and Australian Open, be jealous of Federer's achievements? Mary Carillo (a commentator in the US broadcast as well) handled the "issue" differently by reserving judgment until after the end of Rafael Nadal's career.
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