WATCH: Tsitsipas, Shelton, and Hurkacz pick Michael Jordan as GOAT outside tennis, Maradona, Messi, and Ronaldo also get picked

ATP stars including Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton, Jannik Sinner reveal their favorite players in other sports

WATCH: Tsitsipas, Shelton, and Hurkacz pick Michael Jordan as GOAT outside tennis, Maradona, Messi, and Ronaldo also get picked

Stefanos Tsitsipas, Ben Shelton, and Michael Jordan (Image via: Open Source)

In sports, there is usually a debate among the fans as to who is the ultimate goat of that particular sport. Whether in basketball, tennis, or football, this debate runs everywhere, and there is no real answer that will please everyone. In a recent video released by the Rolex Shanghai Masters, they asked the players who they consider the ‘Greatest of all time’ (GOAT) in other sports. 

Players like Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton, Jannik Sinner, Hurkacz, and others were put under the spotlight and asked the most famous question. The athletes’ choices included basketball legend Michael Jordan, football greats Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and others. However, among the list of athletes, only Sebastian Korda had a unique answer to Tiger Woods in golf.

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Along with basketball players, a few footballers were mentioned as well. Messi and Ronaldo were the common answers, but Maradona was also mentioned in the video. This short video provides the fans with a few more exciting details about their favorite player as well as short clips to enjoy.

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Big names out of the Shanghai Open

TThe 2023 Rolex The Shanghai Open comes to an end with Hubert Hurkacz winning the title. Big names have had an early exit from the tournament. Carlos Alcaraz lost to Fimitrov in the Round of 16, whereas Medvedev lost to Sebastian Korda, who in turn lost to the winner, Hurkacz, in the semi-finals.

Hubert Hurkacz beat Andrey Rublev
Hubert Hurkacz beat Andrey Rublev (Via sportskeeda)

Russian youngster Andrey Rublev had been playing well, which saw him at the finals, where he lost to the Pole in 3 sets. The final score was 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(8), and Hurkacz saw to it to win the last decided tiebreak and win a title. The first and second sets were totally one-sided, but in the third set, points went back and forth, which carried on to the tiebreak, and eventually Hubert just played better and won the game.

The players are gearing up for the upcoming tournaments. With the Paris Open as the next big ATP tour, players will look to perform their best in that tournament against many other stars. Every year, the Shanghai Open captivates tennis enthusiasts around the globe and sees to it that it becomes a success this year as well. Once again, in the tournament, a favorite wasn’t able to win, and there have been a few early exits from the other top-ranked players.

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