Between the late 90s and practically the entire 2000s, Argentina had an impressive quantity and quality of tennis players. It was known as La Legión and among those players appeared David Nalbandian, Guillermo Coria, Gastón Gaudio, Mariano Zabaleta, Juan Ignacio Chela, Juan Mónaco and Jose Acasusoamong others.
All of them were very loved by tennis fans, but José Acasuso had something special with the public. In addition to being a great player, he had the added bonus of dedication and that made him more loved and representative of the values of this country. Even none other than Diego Armando Maradona had him as a favorite and, in a Davis Cup series that was played at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis, he even wore a t-shirt with his name.
Chucho chose the best tennis player in history
In dialogue with Bolavip, José Acasuso was asked about the best player of all time and stated: “For me, the best tennis player, the one I like the most, is Federer. Now if I have to say the best in history, by results, I have to say Djokovic. If you look at the titles, the records he has and how dominant he was, above Federer and Nadal, it is Djokovic. Nadal dominated on clay, Federer on cement, Djokovic on all of them. For me, the one I liked to see the most was Federer, he is like Maradona, Jordan or Woods.”
Acasuso vs. el Big 3
Chucho only faced two members of the Big 3, since he never played against Novak Djokovic. Against Roger Federer he played five matches and lost them allone of them was at Roland Garros in 2009, the only one that His Majesty won. On the other hand, He played against Rafael Nadal twice and fell both times.
The great career of José Acasuso
Chucho worked as a professional between 1999 and 2012. In that period he managed to win three titles at the ATP level and became number 20 in the world.. During his career, he represented the Argentine Davis Cup team on more than one occasion, including being present in the 2006 and 2008 finals.
KEY DATA
- Jose Acasuso named Djokovic as the best in the history of tennis for his results and titles.
- Acasuso juice five games contra Roger Federer y of the contra Rafael Nadaleveryone losing.
- Acasuso He was a professional tennis player 1999 y 2012achieving three ATP titles and the position number 20 world.
