Folks, these are all good news for men's tennis.

[uscwang]

Rafa regaining his form on clay.
Novak winning the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award.
(Edit: Serena also won the 2016 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award!!!)
Federer getting a(nother?) street named after him.
Rafa filing a lawsuit against Roselyne Bachelot.
Rafa getting selected as the national flag bearer for Spain in Rio.

 

[Raindogs]

Tremendously strong era, if not the strongest our sport has ever seen.

 

[Krish872007]

The one good thing that has come out of this absolute domination by the "Big 4" is that, with solid PR and marketing strategies, the profile of tennis has been raised over the last 10 years or so.

 

[JRAJ1988]

All we need is Murray to buy himself some Chinese Medicine balls then I'll be fan dabby dozy.

Spoiler: My Muzzling

 

[uscwang]

A little stats about Laureus.
Since 2000, 16 sportsman of the year awards have been given, while the 2003 award to Armstrong has been rescinded.
Of the 16 awards, Fedalovic together won 8 for tennis, Bolt 3 for track and field, Schumacher and Vettel 3 for Formula One, and Woods 2 for golf.
Individually,
1. Federer 4
2. Bolt / Djokovic 3
4. Woods / Schumacher 2
6. Nadal / Vettel 1

 

[mistik]

No one loves Djokovic.

 

[uscwang]

No one loves Djokovic.

"No one" as in No. 1?
Peace.

 

[winstonplum]

Strong Era.

 

[every7]

The one good thing that has come out of this absolute domination by the "Big 4" is that, with solid PR and marketing strategies, the profile of tennis has been raised over the last 10 years or so.

Is that really the Big 4, or mainly Rafa and Roger? I don't see Murray or Djokovic drawing nearly as much water...... This is not a comment on their games, more wondering if they have done the same to bring people into tennis and generally raise the profile of the game worldwide.

 

[uscwang]

I wonder which ATP or WTA player has publicly congratulated Novak and Serena for winning the Laureus Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards.