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| Serena Williams, of the United States, recognizes the group in the wake of losing to Ajla Tomljanovic, of Austrailia, during the third round of the U.S. Open tennis titles, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in New York. (Image credit: screenshot/AP Photo/John Minchillo) |
NEW YORK — Serena Williams, you could have heard, played what's generally anticipated to be her last match at the U.S. Open. Rafael Nadal lost in the fourth round. Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer (more on them later) weren't even in the competition.
Those four players ruled, and were the principal draws, in tennis for a really long time, gathering a sum of 86 Grand Slam singles titles, each with no less than 20. Thus, as the quarterfinals started at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday with practically no individual from that group of four present, it checked out to inquire: Is this the conclusion of a significant time period?
The 36-year-old Nadal sounded a philosophical note about the subject after he was bobbed by 24-year-old American Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Monday.
"Some Leaves, Others Come & The World Continues Onword. It's a characteristic cycle," said Nadal, who noticed that his significant other is pregnant with their most memorable youngster thus he doesn't know when he will play straightaway. "It's consistently something very similar. A similar one have been up there quite a while; others are coming and we will leave. It's legitimate."
People have been pondering — and, maybe, stressing — over when another person would arise to accept the responsibility in the two ladies' tennis and men's tennis.
This U.S. Open, whether just representative or really foreboding, offers a brief look at the current and future conditions of the game. Of the 16 singles quarterfinalists across the ladies' and men's sections, 15 never have won even one significant title anyplace (the exemption is Iga Swiatek, a 21-year-old from Poland who is No. 1 on the WTA Tour and claims two French Open titles).
As indicated by the U.S. Tennis Association, this is the initial time in the expert period, which dates to 1968, that its Grand Slam occasion highlighted less than something like two past significant title victors at this stage.
Taking a gander at the men's section, none of the four quarterfinalists who will play Wednesday — No. 22 seed Tiafoe versus No. 9 Andrey Rublev, and negative. 3 Carlos Alcaraz versus No. 11 Jannik Sinner — has even arrived at a significant elimination round. Rublev, who turns 25 one month from now, is the most established of the bundle.
"It's cool," Tiafoe said, "to see another period."
Furthermore, consider: It's been almost a long time since there were zero past Slam champions in the quarterfinals of a significant. That last occurred at Wimbledon in 2003. Who won the prize? Federer, guaranteeing the first of his 20, which broke the elderly people men's characteristic of 14 laid out by Pete Sampras, and presently has been outperformed by Nadal's 22 and Djokovic's 21 (as well as Williams' 23, the most for any tennis player in the ace period).
Federer, 41, hasn't played since Wimbledon in July 2021 and had a progression of procedure on his right knee. He is scheduled to return at an occasion in Switzerland in October, and says he desires to play at the All England Club in 2023, yet not much is known past that about what he has left.
There is not a great explanation to think Djokovic, 35, won't stay a Slam competitor for quite a while — when he can get into the nation facilitating the competition, that is. He didn't receive an immunization shot against COVID-19 so he was removed from Australia in January and banished from entering the United States, as well.
Djokovic and Nadal consolidated to win the current year's initial three significant titles and 15 of the beyond 17 by and large. Include the other individual from the purported Big Three, Federer, and it's 20 of the last 22. Take It Back Further, & it's 63 Of 76. The main different men with more than one in that range are Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka, with three each.
Federer's most memorable victory came under a year after Sampras won the U.S. Open in what might be his last match.
"Before this age, we lost another extraordinary age. clearly there Won't Be A rafa Or A roger Or A serena. That's what we know. There are generally promising and less promising times. Yet, there were extraordinary bosses previously and there will be in the future. I'm not stressed. It's essential for sports. It's important for life," said Caroline Garcia, a 28-year-old from France who beat 18-year-old Floridian Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday night.
"Incredible bosses leave and others show up," Garcia said. "You need to give youthful players an opportunity to get to the highest point of the game and get full grown and everything. The fans must be prepared for another age, too."
Whether TV chiefs and competition ticket-venders concur, that is a famous feeling among current players: Tennis will be fine.
"Tragically for us all," Murray said, "the game continues on."
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