The period of the Huge Three is taken into account the best ever interval in males’s tennis with the trio of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, profitable over 60 of the final 72 Grand Slam occasions performed. Federer nonetheless retired from the game in September, marking an finish of an period. However Djokovic has as soon as reminded followers that whereas Huge Three period is completed, there’s nonetheless the rivalry between him and Nadal.
Federer drew curtains on his illustrious 24-year-long profession on the Laver Cup in London. It was his first tennis occasion after 14-month hiatus owing to knee damage. Nadal and Djokovic had been each a part of the occasion and the Spaniard had performed his a doubles alongside the Swiss in Federer’s final match.
The retirement led to many believing that it was the beginning of the top of the Huge Three period amid the rise of younger weapons like Carlos Alcaraz, who claimed a US Open title win that very same month. However Djokovic shut the claims with an epic assertion on Nadal.
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“I reside in a really particular second of tennis historical past, possibly the best, and I really feel extremely honoured to be in a scenario to jot down the historical past of our sport,” the 21-time Grand Slam champion informed the RMC podcast.
When requested concerning the significance of Federer’s retirement, Djokovic stated that “a giant rivalry was nonetheless working” between him and Nadal. “The second hasn’t come, both for him or for me,” he added.
No two gamers in ATP historical past, in Open Period, has confronted one another extra variety of occasions than Nadal and Djokovic. Their final assembly was in French Open quarterfinal the place the Spaniard had gained in 4 units to avenge his 2021 defeat to the Serb in Roland Garros.