Kralingen
Talk Tennis Guru
13 editions of Wimbledon have been played with players born from 1990-99. Only 3 finalists born in this decade, no winners, no man born later than 1987 has won a Wimbledon title.
I’ve given up hope on them producing a grass ATG, an answer to Borg, McEnroe, Djokovic Federer and Sampras. I’ve also given up on one winning in dominant fashion like Krajicek or Cash out of nowhere.
But could we get one, just one, non-embarrassing Wimbledon for 90s gen? They’ve only produced 3 finalists - Milos Raonic in 2016, and recently Berrettini and Kyrgios in 2021/22. All huge servers, but all fatally limited movers and baseliners, who were each dismissed relatively easily. And importantly, all are either injured or hopelessly out of form after lengthy absence from injury - none of the previous finalists are ready to repeat their prior performance.
The burden falls upon the so far impotent stars of 90s gen - Dimitrov, Nishikori, Thiem, Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Zverev, Rublev, Shapovalov etc.
Will 2023 be the year we finally see one of them break out and conquer the grass? I’m not sure if it will result in a win, but could we at least see Djokovic taken to 5, Alcaraz’s rise quashed, some 90s born player who looks like he has figured out the grass in a semi-competent way? Is that too much to ask?
Or will the futility continue, and the generation fade further into obscurity as the 00s gen consolidates the takeover?
I’ve given up hope on them producing a grass ATG, an answer to Borg, McEnroe, Djokovic Federer and Sampras. I’ve also given up on one winning in dominant fashion like Krajicek or Cash out of nowhere.
But could we get one, just one, non-embarrassing Wimbledon for 90s gen? They’ve only produced 3 finalists - Milos Raonic in 2016, and recently Berrettini and Kyrgios in 2021/22. All huge servers, but all fatally limited movers and baseliners, who were each dismissed relatively easily. And importantly, all are either injured or hopelessly out of form after lengthy absence from injury - none of the previous finalists are ready to repeat their prior performance.
The burden falls upon the so far impotent stars of 90s gen - Dimitrov, Nishikori, Thiem, Medvedev, Tsitsipas, Zverev, Rublev, Shapovalov etc.
Will 2023 be the year we finally see one of them break out and conquer the grass? I’m not sure if it will result in a win, but could we at least see Djokovic taken to 5, Alcaraz’s rise quashed, some 90s born player who looks like he has figured out the grass in a semi-competent way? Is that too much to ask?
Or will the futility continue, and the generation fade further into obscurity as the 00s gen consolidates the takeover?
