Few players managed to check the Big Three throughout their long careers as he did Stan Wawrinka. Despite the fact that his prime was closer to thirty than the logical stage of maturity, the Swiss maximized his talent in pressure situations, conquering Grand Slam finals despite facing the greatest tennis players in the history of tennis Perhaps for this reason, few opinions have more weight than yours in the eternal debate, in the most heated discussion of recent times. Few argue with the seriousness and calm of the Helvetian, who, in a few words to RMC, had no problem in providing weighty arguments for each of the three great names of recent times.
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic. To be or not to be, that is the question. Stan put on the table reasons to tip the balance… towards any of them. Federer?: “If we only talk about the game, Federer is talent, ease and touch”. ¿Nadal?: “For me Nadal is strength, power”. And what about Djokovic?: “Djokovic is a bit of perfection”. If Stan tried to make an approach to the great strengths of these names, he was concise and simple as could not be. But he did not stop there: he went further and contributed a name as the main candidate, giving arguments and reflecting in greater depth.
“Let’s talk about the GOAT, I have no problem giving my point of view and saying what I think. Quite simply, this depends on what each one ponders and what each one looks for. I think it is difficult to talk about athletes who are still It is always best to make these types of lists when everyone has finished their degrees. If we talk purely about results and victories, Novak will be ahead of the other two. I have been convinced of this for several years and, in my opinion, it is what will happen. The three of them have had the opportunity and, at the same time, the bad luck of being part of the same generation and of coinciding at the same moment, and in their own way they have marked the history of this sport”.
IMPOSSIBLE TO REGRET BEFORE THESE MONSTERS
Would Stan Wawrinka have won more titles if he hadn’t met these three beasts? It is a question that the Helvetian could well repeat himself, but he himself is clear that it is not worth it. Not only that: having competed against the best prompted him to take his tennis to another levelwhich makes him far from feeling any kind of regret or pity for what his career has finally been.
“I have always said that I ‘ve been very lucky for having coincided with these four players, because I also include Murray, who for more than ten years has been reaching the semifinals and finals of the big tournaments. I have been lucky enough to play against the greatest players in the history of tennis. For me, in sport there are no “what ifs”. There is no “what if” I would have coincided with a weaker generation. Does not exist. The only reality that exists is that of the results.”
