ATP: Double icon Todd Woodbridge - "The era of the Big 3 is over"
Former world-class doubles player Todd Woodbridge sees the 2021 US Open as an important break in modern tennis history.
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last edit: Sep 15, 2021, 10:23 pm
One thing is clear to most tennis fans: the US Open 2021 was a unique major event in many ways. This not so steep thesis is also supported by Todd Woodbridge, an incredibly successful doubles player in the 90s and early 2000s - a total of 16 Grand Slam victories and one Olympic gold medal went to the account of the successful Australian. With two titles in singles, the now 50-year-old sweetened his incredible career.
In an interview with the “Wide World of Sports” platform, the man from “Down under” also explained in detail what made this year's US Open a lasting turning point in tennis history for him: “In sport, things change very quickly , new stories, new dramas are being written all the time. This tournament was a real turning point in the tennis world. Things will go in a different direction from now on. "
The Australian Open 2022 are crucial for Djokovic
Unfortunately, Woodbridge has no good news for the fans of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal: “I have the feeling that the era of the big three is over. Novak may still win one or two majors, but I think the younger players now see themselves as Grand Slam winners as well. "Medvedev, the man from Sydney sprinkled roses:" Medvedev finally got it right. He perceived the moment, grasped the size of what Novak was trying to achieve and also the pressure that built up. "
“He knew exactly what he had to do to make the pressure and stress even greater, yes, to make things so big that Novak could no longer cope with them,” Woodbridge analyzed in depth. Now the Serb has to get off to a good start in the Australian Open 2022, otherwise he could fall into a deep hole: "You shouldn't underestimate the extent to which an athlete questions himself even before the public does."