Novak Djokovic and Co aim to hold court a while longer

Novak Djokovic has said the charge the “Big Three” in the men’s game have given themselves is the cause of the binding. The domination of Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer has been legendary. Speaking ahead of his semi-final against 21-year-old world No. 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, Djokovic said the plan now is merely to delay the inevitable. “I think it’s a logical and a natural cycle, like you would expect things to happen that way,” 16-time Grand Slam winner Djokovic said. “Roger, Rafa and I were saying that indeed it’s going to happen and that we eventually will be replaced in the top three spots. The new guys are going to start winning Slams but we are trying to prolong that kind of a change in men’s tennis. “It is inevitable that it is going to happen and each year they [next generation] are coming closer and closer. You have Dominic Thiem, who has played two back-to-back finals at Roland Garros and Tsitsipas, who won the ATP Finals in London, so they are definitely out there challenging the best players in the world. “They want to be the best players in the world and they will eventually become the best players in the world. Those names are already established in the Top 10 and our task is that it doesn’t happen very soon, but it seems like it’s coming closer and closer.” Source- gulfnews

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