Won't be another Fedalovic standard player for 20 years

[George Turner]

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/tennis/863430/Rafael-Nadal-Roger-Federer-Miles-Maclagan

I've been saying this for a long time. Usually i get shot down by people who tell me players like Thiem, Zverev, Kyrgios are still improving and will get there.

Fedalovic lifted the game onto a new level not seen before. These were one in a generation players, and they all arrived at once! Possibly only rod laver and bjorn borg have ever reached this high a peak, you don't just replace these guys with the hottest young player. They're another level above that.

Compared to Fedalovic, Thiem and Zverev are honest work horses who may win a major or two, but a Fedalovic they will never be. This is not their fault, They simply don't have the talent. While Kyrgios is the Safin of this era, we'll always complain about how he don't have it between the ears. Not everyone has the mentality of Fedalovic either.

I think we've been spoiled by Fedalovic to the point where we expect this standard of player to be the norm. So we hype pretty much any teenager who wins a match or two on the ATP. In reality, it will be a very long time before we see a player as good as this, 20 years might be about right.

 

[Zain786]

Probably not. I don't think by 2005 that at least three players playing in the same generation would win double digit majors, career slam and a plethora of other records by fans and pundits alike. History will judge this era 2004-present as the big three/four era with a mix of other "good" players (stan, murray) added in as the gold standard for tennis for many years to come.

 

[metsman]

Going 20 years without seeing a tier 1 ATG talent is unheard of.

 

[metsman]

Probably not. I don't think by 2005 that at least three players playing in the same generation would win double digit majors, career slam and a plethora of other records by fans and pundits alike. History will judge this era 2004-present as the big three/four era with a mix of other "good" players (stan, murray) added in as the gold standard for tennis for many years to come.

not really, given that the prime/peaks of the 3 rarely overlapped and the quality of 2015-present has mostly been garbage. Doesn't stack up to 78-95 when we had multiple ATGs in their primes overlapping most of the time. 03-12 was very good though.

 

[Zain786]

not really, given that the prime/peaks of the 3 rarely overlapped and the quality of 2015-present has mostly been garbage. Doesn't stack up to 78-95 when we had multiple ATGs in their primes overlapping most of the time. 03-12 was very good though.

You are wrong, tennis has never had three all time double digit slam champions playing in the same time period, that's a fact. This is a golden era of men's tennis, two thirty year olds don't just happen to win all four grand slams when they were written off after injuries last year.

 

[kevaninho]

Tennis is going to drop in popularity if someone new doesn't come along with that kind of domination. Look at when Fed, Rafa came along. They replaced and defeated the Agassis and Sampras's. You just cant see anyone right now doing that to Rog , and forcing him into retirement. Wouldn't surprise me if hes still in the latter stages of Wimbledon at 38/39.

 

[ollinger]

Never understood the rationale of these threads, as there's simply no detectable thought behind them. How do we know there isn't a 12 year old who will be beating the world in the next decade? Did we know this of Federer when he was 12? No. "20 years might be about right"??? How so?

 

[George Turner]

Never understood the rationale of these threads, as there's simply no detectable thought behind them. How do we know there isn't a 12 year old who will be beating the world in the next decade? Did we know this of Federer when he was 12? No. "20 years might be about right"??? How so?

Based on history and the lack of double digit major winning players before Fedalovic.

We don't know anything for sure about the future, Nadal could break his leg against Kyrgios today and never play again! (though he could probably win on one leg the way Nick is playing.) The rationale of these threads is thinking about what may happen in future.

 

[fedtennisphan]

Tennis is going to drop in popularity if someone new doesn't come along with that kind of domination. Look at when Fed, Rafa came along. They replaced and defeated the Agassis and Sampras's. You just cant see anyone right now doing that to Rog , and forcing him into retirement. Wouldn't surprise me if hes still in the latter stages of Wimbledon at 38/39.

I am a Federer fan, Fed would still have to be fit.

 

[Sport]

Fedalovic? That "term" sounds so weird, awkward, and confusing. Just call them Nadal, Federer and Djokovic like in the article.

 

[lud]

Probably not. I don't think by 2005 that at least three players playing in the same generation would win double digit majors, career slam and a plethora of other records by fans and pundits alike. History will judge this era 2004-present as the big three/four era with a mix of other "good" players (stan, murray) added in as the gold standard for tennis for many years to come.

Nope. Nadal never won WTF. Fed and Djoker never won Olympics.

 

[TheGhostOfAgassi]

How do you know?

Can you also please inform me if its a good time to sell this house or wait?

 

[Krish872007]

It doesn't have to be any of Kyrgios, Thiem or Zverev or whoever else. It could be someone in the 12-17 age bracket who is yet to even turn pro. That's not a 20-year gap.

 

[tacou]

There is a big gap between 1-2 slams and 10+. Of course expecting another Fedal is a long, disappointing waiting game: they are the two best players ever! But there is aboslutely no way of knowing who the next 4-5 major winner will be other than watching.

 

[kevaninho]

Nope. Nadal never won WTF. Fed and Djoker never won Olympics.

Since when did the WTF or the olympics form what is known as a career slam?

 

[aman92]

There might be 1 or maybe 2 but you are right, hard to see 3 such players emerging around roughly the same time. I really think Tennis is gonna have a huge, huge gap to fill in terms of skill and star power when these 3 finally hang up their boots