Spencer Gore
Legend
That may be the first major match in many years where one of the big three simply didn’t look capable of beating a much younger opponent.
We’ve all seen it in the old days with Rosewall against Connors, McEnroe against Agassi, Agassi against Nadal. Matches where, no matter what the older player did, they simply didn’t look capable of winning: they looked rather like a remnant of a previous generation whose time has passed.
This match had that feeling.
Is this the natural tennis order finally being restored?
We’ve all seen it in the old days with Rosewall against Connors, McEnroe against Agassi, Agassi against Nadal. Matches where, no matter what the older player did, they simply didn’t look capable of winning: they looked rather like a remnant of a previous generation whose time has passed.
This match had that feeling.
Is this the natural tennis order finally being restored?