Edited: No player currently 30 or younger has won a major

[JackNah_8]

get Fed et al off the juice and the young boys might have a chance

Federer doesn't want anyone beating his records

 

[The Speaker]

get Fed et al off the juice and the young boys might have a chance

not allowed to say that around these parts

 

[Catters 070911]

Pete Sampras won his first Grand Slam title at 19 years of age.

He then won thirteen more after that.

 

[Flameboy]

not allowed to say that around these parts

Some concrete evidence would help your cause.

 

[The Speaker]

Some concrete evidence would help your cause.

given the topic, you should know why that is not a good rebuttal

but you can just run along with your fingers in your ears if you prefer

 

[Flameboy]

given the topic, you should know why that is not a good rebuttal

but you can just run along with your fingers in your ears if you prefer

‘They’re older, they must be taking PEDs’ is not evidence.

 

[pepsi]

We are getting closer

 

[Redline]

Pete Sampras won his first Grand Slam title at 19 years of age.

He then won thirteen more after that.

I often feel Sampras gets forgotten about at times due to having three greats follow him. He was as dominant as anyone has ever been with the exception of the French.

 

[Roobs321]

It's a shame that Cilic is a couple days younger than Del Potro, as the latter would now have been the youngest slam winner among active male players for at least 9.5 years by the 2019 French Open. I finished high school in 2006 and I'm still younger than any slam winner.

 

[JackNah_8]

Pouille and Tsistipas had a good tournament, but Novak and Nadal are still dominating the game. I am hoping one day (soon) someone else can win a Grand Slam, men's tennis is repetitive and predictable.

Women's tennis is more exciting now.

 

[AlwaysHawks15]

Good luck I say,

Pouille and Tsistipas had a good tournament, but Novak and Nadal are still dominating the game. I am hoping one day (soon) someone else can win a Grand Slam, men's tennis is repetitive and predictable.

Women's tennis is more exciting now.

Good luck I say, both are in no mood of handing the baton over anytime soon, someone will have to beat them or a few guys start beating them occasionally before the line of thinking will change and to break down Nadal mentally is like climbing MT Everest. The most driven sportsman we have ever seen.

 

[JackNah_8]

Good luck I say,

Good luck I say, both are in no mood of handing the baton over anytime soon, someone will have to beat them or a few guys start beating them occasionally before the line of thinking will change and to break down Nadal mentally is like climbing MT Everest. The most driven sportsman we have ever seen.

trying to beat both in one tournament at grand Slam level is impossible

 

[Flameboy]

Tsitsipas a great example of a younger player falling victim to the big 3.

Knocks off Federer, unable to knock off Nadal. And even if he managed to do that - would have faced Djokovic in the final.

It happens time and time again.

Their collective greatness is too much, and it perfectly illustrates Fed’s comments from a few months ago.

 

[JackNah_8]

Impossible to knock out the top 3 in one tournament.

Tsitsipas had a good tournament beating Federer and Agut but had nothing against Nadal.

Last time he played Nadal he took him to a tie breaker, few days ago he was shell shocked .

We need another Wawrinka type to come along and win a GS.

 

[GreekLunatic]

One of the younger generation will win a slam next year injuries will play a key

 

[Sempfy]

Pouille and Tsistipas had a good tournament, but Novak and Nadal are still dominating the game. I am hoping one day (soon) someone else can win a Grand Slam, men's tennis is repetitive and predictable.

Women's tennis is more exciting now.

It won't be when Osaka is winning every title lol

 

[LukeParkerno1]

It won't be when Osaka is winning every title lol

Halep will win (or go very close to winning the French). Best claycourter by far.

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Clicked on this thinking it was probably at least mildly exaggerated clickbait. Left agreeing with the OP.

 

[SunGirl89]

Random stat: excluding the "Big Five" of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray and Wawrinka, since 2005, the only major winners are Marin Cilic (US 2014) and Juan Martin del Potro (US 2009).

 

[Snarls Barkley]

11

The number of consecutive Grand Slam tournaments now won by a man aged 30 or older, the longest streak of its kind in the Open Era. The previous record was four, when Australian legend Laver won all the majors in 1969 to complete the Calendar Slam.

https://www.espn.in/tennis/story/_/id/26934348/95-matches-93-wins-12-titles

 

[Handsuper47]

It's a pretty tall ask for anyone when three of the best players going around (Federer, Djokovic, Nadal) are arguably the best three tennis players to ever pick up a racquet. They were freakishly good before they were 20 and thanks to modern sports science, they can keep going in their 30s!

 

[HODGEYROAD]

It's okay we have Felix to the rescue now.

 

[Roobs321]

It's okay we have Felix to the rescue now.

I like him too, but let's not get too carried away just yet, still yet to win a GS match.

 

[Handsuper47]

Dunno if it's the right thread for it or not, but because of today's Grand Slam win at the US Open by Rafael Nadal, no player born in the 1990's on the ATP Tour was won a grand slam in the 2010's.. and out of the past 66 Grand Slams, 55 of them were won by either Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic. Absolute, pure domination.

 

[pepsi]

Absolute, pure domination.

Domination or something else? I have serious concerns how players in their mid 30s, are still able to be as phyiscally dynamic as they are without external help.