- May 18, 2006
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I only mentioned the term GOAT because you did it first, haha. I really can't speak about that because I only started watching tennis at the US OPEN of 1999.
Rafa definitely can win a couple more majors, but he needs to hurry up because players like Thiem, Medvedev and Zverev are finally coming off age, and it's not going to get any easier from now on. But after he won the US Open last year, I can't rule him out from anything.
1999?! You are upsettingly young!
Laver won the calendar year grand slam in 1962 (no I wasn't watching!), then turned pro so couldn't play on that circuit. Tennis went open after the Oz Open in 1968 and in 1969 he won the calendar grand slam again. And some of the old players reckon that Pancho Gonzalez, who turned pro even earlier, was better still. We'll never know is the only conclusion tbf, especially with today's equipment, training, diet etc etc.
Thiem's 26, so it's good to see him come through, but I agree that Medvedev and Zverev (after a terrible 2019) are looking good. Plus there's Tsitsipas & Shapovalov, De Minaur & Sinner (who looks a great prospect). Will any of them take the next step to major winner before Djokovic overtakes Federer? Only one way to find out!!