Will you stop watching tennis when the Big 3 retires?

[TheNachoMan]

I’ll probably just watch the finals honestly

 

[I Am Finnish]

Yes but only the GS's and WTF

 

[tennisjedi]

Yes, I’ll continue watching tennis. The Big 3 won’t last forever, even though it feels like it.
The 90’s gen is disappointing, but I believe they can provide enough exciting matches until the next big 3 emerges.

 

[Mark-Touch]

I'll watch my fave women players until a next ATG ATP player emerges who I like.

 

[Tshooter]

Borg, JMac and Connors have all been retired for decades and I’m still watching. Why do you ask now ?

 

[Pablo1989]

They're fanboys - they follow these players the way 12-year-olds follow instagram stars. They have no idea what tennis. Sadly, the tennis biz needs them. But the game does not.

Granted, I have my own irrational crushes. But I've been known to turn off grand slam semis to go catch an ITF 15k stream.

They do more harm than good to the game. I prefer less comments and views but true tennis lovers.

 

[USO]

Tennis definitely won’t be the same without rooting for Fedal and rooting against Djokovic. But I believe that other rivalries will emerge, they always do.

 

[Sudacafan]

Sure.

 

[socallefty]

I am a tennis fan first and a Big 3 fan second. So, I might have a dip in my interest for a couple of years after they retire, but I am sure that some young stars will draw me back to watching singles. I’ll likely continue to watch doubles as it is fun even without stars.

 

[slipgrip93]

Even if Fed retires soon, I think there's a good chance Djokovich and Nadal will keep going on until 40 too, so that's still a ways. Even so, the WTA has variety at the majors and masters, and can be instructive or interesting for rec lvl players like myself.

 

[TimHenmanATG]

Well, Roger and Sir Andrew are semi-retired, but I'll probably still watch Nadal for a little while.

 

[Rosstour]

It will be tough to watch when Djok and Nadal are still playing and Fed is gone. But I agree that the Slam chase is stifling and strangling the game. When they are all gone, there will be new life.

 

[PDJ]

When the Big 3 retire? I'll watch Serena Williams for the drama. She'll still be playing whilst attached to a zimmer frame.

 

[WYK]

No stopping. Performers change but the show will always go on...

I grew up in the States, but I now live in Ireland. Tennis was insanely huge when I was young up until college mainly due to the American saturation of the sport.
Now it is more international than ever, with Americans often complaining on these boards about the lack of saturation in recent times.

When I was a kid, it was Vilas, Vitas, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, Lendl, McEnroe and Court, Chris Evert, Mandlikova, and BJK.
A teenager, Becker, Edberg, Courier Mats and Steffi Graf, Tracy Austin, Navro, ASV.
College, Sampras, Safin, Agassi, Korda, Stich, Rafter and Pierce, Seles, Davenport, Capriati, Graf still there, Hingis makes an appearance, Kournikova really makes an appearance

Then came Henin, Mauresmo, Clisters, Venus and Serena, Ivanovic, Pova, Mugi, Kerber, Radwanska, Giorgi, Andreescu, Osaka, Swiatek etc etc
Roddick, Hewitt, Fed, Nadal, Djoker, Del Potro, Murray, Wawrinka, Dimitrov, Monfils, Gasquet, The Dawg, Evans, Thiem, TsiTsifly, Bublik, Musetti, Sonego, Sinner, Struff etc etc

And this is leaving out a ton of names I enjoy watching. Why on earth would anyone think that tennis only happened the last 10 years, especially when the current crop of 'real next gens'(we have to say this because Joker said something awkward again yesterday) are more promising than ever? It is certainly even more international than ever. Eventually the stem cells and surgery won't be able to prevent the injuries and age for the big three, and they will make way for the next gen. We've already seen them beat by some very young candidates.

I've watched tennis go from the explosive, insanely acrobatic serve and volley version of Becker and Sampras that it had been for nearly a hundred years in to the drawn-out side to side sprinting baseline grinding ball bashing it is now. Yes, I complain that many of the matches look the same now, but I still watch it and enjoy it.

Tennis was, is, and will be.

 

[Sudacafan]

Of course.

 

[WYK]

Man, I totally dissed Almagro, Gonzales, Lopez, Ferrer, Verdasco, Robredo, much of Spain, etc etc. Geziz. Nearly looking forwards to the big 3 being gone, I guess.

 

[Kozzy]

I'll miss them, but I miss the previous generation too, and the one before that (and that!)

 

[Start da Game]

i will take a break for a couple of years like how i did after pete retired in 2003........