Tennis era of the big 3

Didn’t we just do this thread?

frick off. This is your third federer thread today. Being this much of a bitch isn't doing any favors towards how you seem to desperately want people around here to perceive tennis

You need to Calm down little fella.

Yeah, early '80's to late '80's was great. I loved Agassi, but Sampras took over the sport in the '90's and you really only had a few other guys like Courier and Chang mixed in. It was fun for the U.S., though.

It will be interesting to see if 20 majors becomes a trend or was just a one-off from three freakshows. When Pete hit 14, I would have bet that would last 50 years.

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It will be interesting to see if 20 majors becomes a trend or was just a one-off from three freakshows.

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It would take a true genetic freak, like a 7 footer with an Isner serve who moves like the Big 3. You would think the court homogeneity would make it easier, but it makes the sport too much of a grind for normal humans.

As young as he is, I can't see Alcaraz doing what he does for more than five years or so. Definitely not 10 or 15, but that's what I thought about Nadal.

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it’s been an emotional day.

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Get a hold of yourself. I’m embarrassed for you.

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Lendl, Becker, Conors, McEnroe, Edberg, Chang were the greatest of tennis times

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No love for Wilander?

I grew up watching that era - played tennis as much as 5x/week and watched all the big tournaments (and many of the smaller ones), subscribed to the magazines, etc. Lendl was a machine - my all time favorite.

I just couldn’t get into the current era. To me it didn’t seem like the 3 “greatest ever” reigned together - it seemed more like the sport had declined and there were only 3 guys worth a shite. Kind of like the Larry Holmes era of boxing - but if there were 3 of him and he kept beating up himself.

If Sampras’s coach doesn’t die unexpectedly, which tore him up and took away his drive, he’s easily at 20 majors.

Fed is a great player that had significant luck to play in an era with absolutely no depth of top talent and got 70% of his titles before Nadal and Djoker hit their strides.

The overall talent in the 80s and 90s was so much better than during Feds hay day. It’s improving now, but was utter shite for nearly a decade.