“Federer is the Michael Jordan, Rafa is LeBron, Novak is Kobe!” Matteo Berrettini compares the BIG THREE to LEGENDARY basketball players


“Federer is the Michael Jordan, Rafa is LeBron, Novak is Kobe!” Matteo Berrettini compares the BIG THREE to LEGENDARY basketball players

Roger Federer, Michael Jordan, Rafael Nadal, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, and Novak Djokovic

Our generation is very lucky to witness three greats play a sport at a single time. This line is true for Tennis as well as Basketball. We have be very grateful to experience the BIG THREE of tennis dominate the world and also three legendary basketball players who’ve been deemed to be the greatest athletes ever.

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Matteo Berrettini in a interview compared the greats of the two sports. According to him, “Roger Federer Is The Michael Jordan Of Tennis, Rafael Nadal Is The LeBron James, And Novak Djokovic Is The Kobe Bryant Of Tennis,”

All the six players mentioned above are the legends of their respective games. There domination in Basketball and Tennis will be remembered for generations

Matteo Berrettini compares The BIG THREE to Basketball Legends

Matteo Berrettini
Matteo Berrettini

Matteo Berrettini will be going against the Rafael Nadal in the Semi-Finals of the Australian Open 2022. Nadal who is one-thirds of the big three was compared by Berretini to the Lakers legend LeBron James.

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He also compared the Swiss Maestro Roger Federer to one of the greatest athletes to play a sport Michael Jordan. In the end he compared the world No.1 Novak Djokovic with the legendary Kobe Bryant.

Berrettini in a recent interview said, “Rafael Nadal is the LeBron of tennis, in terms of physicality and because they both exploded (on the scene) very young. Roger Federer, I would compare him to Michael Jordan. Novak Djokovic reminds me of Kobe Bryant for how he remains cold (stoic) in difficult situations.”

All the six-players have earned their places in the hall of fame. There consistent performances made them stood out of the lot and there performances have inspired millions.

It is tough to count how many children who grew up watching these legends play and went on to play these sports. These six have elevated the levels at which the game was played before and at the same time promoted their respective sports to unimaginable heights.

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Legends like these only come once in a century and we should be really glad to witness six of them. Six players who we could truly call THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.

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