In case you didn’t know
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic have dominated men’s tennis since 2003. During this time they have won a combined 55 Grand Slam titles between them and have spent nearly 1000 weeks at world number one.
The heart of the matter
Former tennis professional, James Blake remarked that,
He didn’t leave it there, however, and explained how this fact is impacting the younger generations. The American stated,
Additionally, Blake also went into some detail about how it has impacted American men’s tennis having all three of the legends come from Europe. He recalled,
For American tennis, it has, indeed, been a shock. When Andy Roddick won his first and only Grand Slam in 2003, many believed this was a continuation of America’s 30+ year dominance over Men’s tennis. None could have predicted what would follow, however, and American Men’s tennis has never really recovered since.
James Blake took this happening as not wholly negative though and remarked that in the past. He said,
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