If the future of the world was at stake,who would I pick to play a winner-takes-all match?
Roger Federer,who has announced his imminent retirement,has claims to be the best sportsman in all senses of the word in most people’s living memory.
If you held a final vote for greatest player of all time today,Rafael Nadal would have to be No. 1.
Sixty years ago,Rod Laver and Margaret Smith proved themselves true champions winning the all-Australian singles finals at the French Open. Australia dominated at Roland Garros also winning the men’s doubles and boys and girls titles.
Tennis great Rod Laver believes that victory for Ashleigh Barty at this year’s Australian Open - a drought-breaking day for the country - would drive the world No.1 “to another level”.
In a year in which Roger Federer won the ATP fan favourite award by playing a dozen or so matches and two teenage women came from the clouds to play the US Open final,the transitional nature of tennis revealed itself.
It was US Open champion Daniil Medvedev’s perfectly-timed graciousness,amid intense disappointment for Novak Djokovic,that shone through on the New York stage.
Novak Djokovic has beaten Alexander Zverev in the US Open semi-finals to move within one victory of a calendar-year grand slam.
Which fate awaits Novak Djokovic at the US Open? With history and a calendar grand slam on the line,will he seal his greatness,or fall agonisingly short?
Two world No.1s,but only one bronze medal left to fight over. It all came down to a mixed doubles tie in Tokyo,until Novak Djokovic pulled out.
The Serbian star is now just one grand slam title away from the mark set by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. But two Australian Wimbledon champions believe his rise to the top of the tennis tree is already complete.