Tthree proper names to continue making history. Novak Djokovic’s loss to Daniil Medvedev at the US Open leave things as they were before the tournament.
Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic are tied with 20 Grand Slam titles each. If the Swiss’s knees allow it and Nadal’s foot does not prevent him from starting the season, we will have in Australia the battle that was promised to us in this US Open. The best three ever fighting for the Grand Slam number 21 to place him at the top of world tennis.
The reality is that this fight has been joined by new young talents from the Next Gen, such as Medvedev, Zverev, Tsitsipas, Rublev or Dominic Thiem, the first of them all to achieve a great one.
In any case, age is unforgiving and Roger Federer’s career is in its final stretch. At the age of 40, he played his last match in the Wimbledon quarterfinals in July. Same for Rafa Nadal, who at 35 has only been able to play two games in the last three months.
The only one of the three who stands the test of time seems to be Novak Djokovic, who at 34 seems the clear favorite to complete an impeccable career that will place him above Federer and Nadal on his own merits.
Everything seems written so that he is the one who manages to undo the tie, since the next appointment will be in Australia, where the Serbian accumulates nine titles in nine disputed finals, including the last three. Despite this, do not rule out the other two components of the magic troop, who also know what it is to reign in Melbourne. Only time will tell which of the three is crowned and he manages to write his name in gold letters in the story.
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