Dominic Thiem doesn’t think winning Grand Slam titles will be ‘easier’ after Big 3’s retirement because of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz
Dominic Thiem feels after the Big 3, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will make it difficult for other players to win Grand Slam titles.
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Three players ruled on tennis courts for decades and denied many the chance to win more Grand Slam titles. Roger Federer bade farewell to tennis and Rafael Nadal will soon follow suit. Then in a few years, after Novak Djokovic‘s retirement, there won’t be a member of the Big 3 on tennis courts.
Dominic Thiem doesn’t think the retirement of these players will make it easier for the others to win the major titles. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have already started dominating in Grand Slam events and Thiem believes players like Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, and Stefanos Tsitsipas will have to battle it out against the two youngsters to add those coveted cups to their respective trophy cabinets.
A lot of people said: ‘once they are gone, it’s going to be way easier for everybody in my generation, Daniil and Sasha and Stefanos and all those players. Then what happens? Carlos came up and Jannik came up. And now you have basically a similar situation if you want to win a big title. You have to beat both of them. They won all four slams in 2024. So, the situation didn’t really change.
Dominic Thiem told Tennis Majors
He also thinks the situation may not change even after Alcaraz and Sinner’s retirement, as new talented youngsters will emerge to rule the tennis world. Thiem is the winner of the 2020 US Open and has reached the French Open finals twice and the Australian Open final once. In all three finals, he was defeated by Djokovic and Nadal.
Dominic Thiem says he will forever remember the matches against the Big 3
Dominic Thiem has defeated all three members of the Big 3 many times. He is 6-10 against Rafael Nadal, 5-7 against Novak Djokovic, and leads 5-2 in his head-to-head contest against Roger Federer.
This makes me proud, honestly. All those facts are really meaningful. Above all, every match against them was a real, real present. I’ll remember it forever. Of course, the victories are really nice, but I’m overall very proud that I have a good head-to-head against all of them.
Dominic Thiem said
Like Nadal, the 31-year-old Austrian will also hang up his racket this year. One of the reasons behind his decision to retire at this age is his wrist injury. The home tournament in Vienna will be the last event of his career. In the Vienna Open, he will lock horns with Luciano Darderi in his opening round.
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