The years go by and we must recognize that the Big 3 is still there. Certainly, Roger Federer is on the sidelines right now but Rafael Nadal confirmed his superiority on clay at Roland-Garros last October and Novak Djokovic currently shows he is the boss at Melbourne with a 9th final in Australia, the 28th in the Grand Slam. Sure Eurosport, the Serbian, who will celebrate her 34th birthday next May, discussed the new generation, Dominic Thiem, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsistipas, Alexandre Zverev and others, with Mats Wilander and didn’t mince words. For Nole, the new ones are still a long way from the Big 3.
Novak Djokovic heckles the new generation
“They’re going to have to break their asses to get there”
“There has been a lot of talk about the new generation coming and taking over the three of us. If we are realistic, it still has not happened. We can talk about this all day if you want to but with all due respect, they still have a lot of work to do. Of course Dominic Thiem won a Grand Slam, it’s fantastic. These guys are obviously very good and they play great quality tennis, no doubt about it! They will surely be the leaders of tennis in the next few years but I am not going to stay like that and give them the title like that. They’re gonna have to break their asses to get there“, he explained frankly.
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