We echoed this a few weeks ago and it is already a reality. Feliciano López is in a position to set three historic and memorable records in world tennis and one of them will materialize in this ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells 2021.
The Spanish player will appear in the final draw of a Masters 1000 by 139 in his professional career, helping him to overcome the 138 appearances of Roger Federer and be at the forefront of this standings alone.
Haas talks about Federer
Tommy Haas believes that while Roger Federer is satisfied with the career he has had thus far, the Swiss still has a burning desire to return to tour and retire on his own terms.
“He’s happy,” Haas added. “You have no reason not to be. He knows it, there is a lot of gratitude in him. Love life. But he is still hungry. He still hopes to be able to return. He wants to stop when he wants to, decide when it is time to say that you no longer like it (because) you lose too much ”.
Roger Federer underwent a third knee surgery a few weeks ago and was photographed on crutches during the recent Laver Cup. “It will all depend on how he (Roger Federer) can physically overcome that (knee surgery),” said Tommy Haas.
“We will have a response element in March, April, May.” For the past two decades, men’s tennis has enjoyed a golden age in which some of the best players in history were part of the same generation.
Superstars like Andy Murray, along with the golden trio of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have competed against each other. Sadly, Andy Murray doesn’t have a great record against these players in Grand Slam matches.
He has lost eight finals to them in the majors, five to Djokovic and three to Federer. Recently, former American player James Blake reflected on Andy Murray’s results against the other three players and said: “They are the big four, but obviously they have become the big three since their injury.
I agree that Andy Murray was the guy who could win a slam and he had the unfortunate luck to be the runner-up so many times out of those big three in slam finals. ” His comments came during a discussion about whether he was the ‘Big 4’ or the ‘Big 3’ in men’s tennis.
World number one Novak Djokovic took the GOAT debate to a whole new level after winning the Wimbledon Championship in 2021. He is now tied with his perennial rivals Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in the Grand Slam tally and it will be intriguing. see him. who manages to end up with more seniors now.
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