On 12/04/2025 11:20 pm, *skriptis wrote:
Whisper <[email protected]> Wrote in message:r
On 12/04/2025 2:36 am, PeteWasLucky wrote:> Today he was down a set and was down 0-40 at 5-5 in 2nd set,> typical Carlos.It is typical Carlos. The benefit is he gets plenty of practice winning tight matches which will help him keep on winning slams
for years to come. Looks like he's not too bothered about total domination like Federer, Djokovic and Sinner.
He's more Sampras like.
In fact I'd say Big 3 will be remembered as kinda anomaly.
In my view, they bothered about tune-ups a bit too much.
Sure it was personal among them to try to beat their rivals all the time and perhaps gain some psychological and confidence edge so you can understand their effort, put Murray in there as well, but these younger guys have seen it all, they've witnessed
everything and still saw that at the end of the day, Big 3 are remembered for what they did in slams.
Yes good point. The big 3 used each other to remain focussed and
motivated for 15+ years. Naturally they all wanted to be the best, and
to do that Federer targetted slams and no.1 ranking in Sampras'
footsteps. Nadal and Novak coming up behind saw what it means to be
'the best' from his example so had to try and win everything too.
Anything less means they weren't going to get there. The goal was
tangible and very real, and soon it became a race to see how far they
could push it.
It's easy to say it won't happen again, but who knows? Sinner and
Alcaraz have their own race just starting, 4 v 3 slams, and perhaps
someone like Fonseca can be the 3rd wheel. If they all stay healthy and motivated for next 15 yrs that's 60 more slams up for grabs. The math
works, we'll have to see how reality pans out.
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