Golden era of Tennis and dominance of big 3!
Just came across this interesting chart of Grand Slam winners (Men) between 2005 and 2015. Roger Federer -17, Rafael Nadal -14 and Novak Djokovic-12; having three players with 12+ Grand Slam kitty, Tennis can not have superior golden era anytime soon. Actually it is an era of big four but having only 2 Grand Slams in pocket, Andy Murray is far from matching up with them. Numbers are always fascinating but when prime of more than one all time greats run parallel, they might be projecting false projections some times. Let's break 2003-2016 into phases. 2003-2005 This was an era undoubtedly belonged to Federer. He raked 6 Grands Slams during this period, 3 Wimbledon, 2 US Opens and 1 Australian Open. His counterpart Nadal was yet to make impact and won 1 French Open, first of his illustrative tally of 9! Can not much interpreted about rivalries and comparisons when single man is winning everything! 2006-2008 Federer was in his Prime, won 7 slam title