Ah yes the 3 way competition has been discussed a few times but do we have to have a 3 top
players like Federer, Djokovich and Nadal all the time? It had been brilliant for everyone to
witness that era of those 3 players but things change, we might have only 2 going forward for
the next 10+ years or there might not be a even 2 dominant players.
Its an interesting discussion, would Tennis suffer if all the competitions over the next 10 years
was to be won by a mixture of players in the top10? would that not be refreshing?
If I could make a comparison to F1 in the mid 90's and early 00's when Michael Schumacher was
racing and won almost every race and won 7 drivers championships, for me F1 became Veeeeery
boring and I switched off.
Ok that didnt happen when we had the 3[4] top players in Tennis but I dont think it would be a
bad think if we didnt have that scenario again.
Its an interesting discussion, would Tennis suffer if all the competitions over the next 10 years
was to be won by a mixture of players in the top10? would that not be refreshing?
I agree with you, but there is an important differentiation that should be made. Let's take a scale of 1-10 where a 1 is a bad player and a 10 is the highest a player can achieve. If over the course of the next ten years we will see a mixture of players win the titles, then it would be amazing if that mixture of players has an average of 9+. If it means that the whole sport experiences a significant drop in quality and the mixture of players averages a 6, it would be bad. If one player is a 10 and five players are hunting the best player down to steal titles from him, then I am cool with it.
Federer, Nadal and Djokovic all were a 10 like Messi and Ronaldo in football were a 10. Formula 1 is a bit different because so much depends on the car and overall the technology. I am certainly ok with several players owning the tennis courts, but please let them be high quality players. But I admit that being spoiled can be a problem. Witnessing Messi vs. Ronaldo in the same league in football and the three GOATS in tennis is a pretty unique situation.