The lost generation?? (players born 90-95)

[ArcspacE]

Aww you not gonna follow me anymore? You still pressed over me telling it like it is? Threads get deleted, but I didn't forget

You didn't say 'anything the way it is' - neither did Serena at the time

It only re-affirmed what I already suspected

 

[MichaelNadal]

You didn't say 'anything the way it is' - neither did Serena at the time

It only re-affirmed what I already suspected

"Nadal just won a tournament and I'm falling apart"

 

[ArcspacE]

/facepalm

 

[Vegito]

I remember Guido Pella, born in 1990, was interviewed on a sports news program when he was about 17 and they talked about him a a future star. He had very good results in Juniors; and was sparring of the Argentina Davis Cup team in 2006.

Then as a professional he has progressed and now he is 43º. He reached the final in Rio de Janeiro this year. He is very talented and has great shots. Remember Guido Pella.

 

[Jonas78]

I remember Guido Pella, born in 1990, was interviewed on a sports news program when he was about 17 and they talked about him a a future star. He had very good results in Juniors; and was sparring of the Argentina Davis Cup team in 2006.

Then as a professional he has progressed and now he is 43º. He reached the final in Rio de Janeiro this year. He is very talented and has great shots. Remember Guido Pella.

I will.

Question is; Is it truly a weak generation, or has the tennis-world changed, so that players now peak and make a name much later? Djoker is currently the last one of the top players in history, and he won a slam and masters in his early twenties. All the great ones before him also did. Now the latest born slam-winner is Cilic, who turns 28 this year, never happened before. I fear Cilic will still be in 2 years. Then you have no active slam winner under 30y.

And i dont buy the "Fedalovic is so strong that no younger player get to win"-crap either. The younger generation even loses to the old no-slam winners like Tsonga, Monfils and Berdych.

 

[BGod]

The most talented player of the 90-95 generation doesn't even care about tennis. That's how sad this generation is.

And it's not even like the 96-00 crowd is going to be any better. They're just going to be the default because not even Djokovic is going to be able to dominate tennis in his 30s.

 

[amorys90]

Dimitrov, Kei, and Raonic will sweep up the rest of 2016 - nothing to worry about, lads

I, think

Let's hope so! I'm going to see Dimitrov at the City Open soon!

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[amorys90]

To be honest, I like the "lost generation" much more than this "next generation". I hope Kei, Milos, and Dimi sweep the tour in 2017+.

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[tennis_pro]

Not me to answer, but i dont know if he will put Courier among the all time greats. Still the youngest nowadays is 28 (Cilic)

Can you imagine? If nobody new wins a Slam in the next 2 years we won't have a Slam champion in his 20's! I don't know how anyone sane can keep defending the young generations anymore.

 

[tennis_pro]

But it's an unbelievably hard era to break through.

2007-2012 was an unbelievably hard era to break through with 3 ATG's all playing well at the same time, not 2016 when one of them is barely playing and soon will be closer to 40 than 30 and a second not even being able to reach the QF of any Slam for more than a year now.

These. Guys. Are. Just. Not. Good. Enough.

 

[Phoenix1983]

1990s-born men have now reached six GS semi-finals;

2013 W - Janowicz
2014 W - Raonic, Dimitrov
2016 AO - Raonic
2016 FO - Thiem
2016 W - Raonic

Can Milos finally break through the glass ceiling for the lost generation, and reach a slam final, at the age of almost 26?

 

[accidental]

This #nextgen doesn't look much better. Not a lot of progress in the past 12 months from Coric, Ymer, Tiafoe, Chung, Nishioka, Donaldson.

 

[Jonas78]

Can you imagine? If nobody new wins a Slam in the next 2 years we won't have a Slam champion in his 20's! I don't know how anyone sane can keep defending the young generations anymore.

Although i dont like the strong/weak era discussion (gets the worst out of fans), if that is to happen, its at least hard not to see the 88+ generation as very weak. It is not unlikely that Nole, Murray, Wawa (hopefully also Fed) etc will continue to win the slams until 2018, so that we wont have a single slam-winner in his 20's.

 

[Noleberic123]

Is it possible that players born 90-95 never win a slam?

 

[Jonas78]

Is it possible that players born 90-95 never win a slam?

I think Thiem might, but he is possibly the only one. But the slam-count for players born 89,90,91,92 will be terrible. The best players born 89-92 are Raonic and Nishi, and i have my doubts about them winning a slam.

 

[Phoenix1983]

Is it possible that players born 90-95 never win a slam?

Men born in 1990-1994 (first half of the 90s) might just struggle, although surely Thiem will win a slam or more at some point.

 

[Noleberic123]

I think Thiem might, but he is possibly the only one. But the slam-count for players born 89,90,91,92 will be terrible. The best players born 89-92 are Raonic and Nishi, and i have my doubts about them winning a slam.

Raonic maybe. Nishikori probably not

 

[West Coast Ace]

They aren't 'lost' - just taking the scenic route.

Grigor just wanted to experience being ranked in the 30's before going on a 250-12 multi-year reign of tennis terror....

 

[Mainad]

1990s-born men have now reached six GS semi-finals;

2013 W - Janowicz
2014 W - Raonic, Dimitrov
2016 AO - Raonic
2016 FO - Thiem
2016 W - Raonic

Can Milos finally break through the glass ceiling for the lost generation, and reach a slam final, at the age of almost 26?

And the effort of reaching a GS semi-final evidently proved too much for at least 1 player on that list. Has anyone heard of Janowicz since?

 

[bjsnider]

They aren't 'lost' - just taking the scenic route.

Grigor just wanted to experience being ranked in the 30's before going on a 250-12 multi-year reign of tennis terror....

If he really wants an experience, when he gets down to Rio he should go for a swim in de Freitas Lagoon, brushing dead fish and raw sewage out of his way in the process. That'll make the hairs on the back of his neck stand up.

 

[amorys90]

Grigor will dominate tennis.

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[killerboi2]

Worst generation in open era history. The argument that they are up against Nadal, Federer and Djokovic no longer cuts it for me. When players like Berdych, Tsonga, Gasquet and Ferrer (until recently) are higher ranked or haven't really been dethroned by these guys, then you know something is wrong. When a 34 year old Federer spends most of the year injured and is still no 3 in the world, you know something is wrong. When these weak era no mark "tennis players" continue to mug it up again and again and again, you know something is wrong.

 

[Phoenix1983]

For the first time, a man born in the 1990s has reached a slam final.

But can he actually win a slam?