2 January 2025 The Big Three is dead! Long Live the Big Three! For the first time in 22 years, none of Federer, Nadal, or Djokovic are in the yearend top three. Instead we have a new set – Sinner, Alcaraz, and Zverev. Now it would certainly be debatable if Zverev has the significance of the other two. Afterall, he still has not won a slam and he’s half a generation older than his younger counterparts. At age 27 he should be mid-arc in career accomplishments – but in some metrics he’s just starting out. However, his superlative play over the year landed him at #2 and who are we to argue with the algorithm? One of the biggest clouds hanging over the coming year is the fate of Jannik Sinner. By all accounts he is the top dog, and primed to have another banner year, but whether or not he will get to play depends on what happens with WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency). Anyone can see he’s essentially innocent – I mean, a massage...
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