Spot who's on the ozempic???😂

When Chung is mentioned, my heart became sore 😢

pandemic generation and big 3 stayed long

It’s underhand serve. Not “underarm.”

Katherine should let people finish their sentences and points more before she keeps interrupting 😓

Carlos has already tied Murray in Grand Slams.

I think you all are extremely disrespectful even asking this question.

at the end, David Law adds, "and Arthur Fils" and rightly so. Fils just downed the Roland Garros finalist Zverev is the latter's hometown in a grinding 3-hour plus match, after beating Djere, then Baez, then Rune - all gifted on clay - just to get to the finals!

It’s very nasty of you of doing this podcast show some respect for these players and stop diminishing them constantly.

Harsh.

The x factor that set the top 3 apart from the og next gen always was going to be mental stamina and the aptitude levels to get through to big finals and win slams. Tsitsipas, Rublev, Zverev and Kyrgios among others have way too many psychological issues and personal baggage that has affected the confidence and focus of ever standing a real chance of challenging for slams. Sinner and Alcaraz have displayed a Novak and Rafa like mental toughness which is setting them apart in leaps and bounds and are filling the void that the top 3 have left.

Andy Murray was never any 4th. He was not on the Big 3 level. Occasional flickers of Andy that's all

Same is the case in Athletics.. Mathew Bolling and Aby Steiner...

Tsitsipas never recovered form his loss to Stan at French Open 2019. He has never quiet been the same.

Matt is razor sharp with his analysis, but he looks like he should be wearing a propeller hat on his head! 🤓

Fritz & Tiafoe have been HUGE disappointments. They showed promise early but they’ve both peaked at this point and will now start falling down the rankings.

Fritz & Tiafoe have been HUGE disappointments. They showed promise early but they’ve both peaked at this point and will now start falling down the rankings.

Big 3, not Big 4.

Novak has been king of the weak era.

Great discussion/ podcast! Danny Med has already had a fantastic career, unlucky not to have more slams and may yet win a few more in NY/Melbourne. Proper warrior and a seriously entertaining character whose interviews are always interesting. Still plenty of time for Zverev if he keeps up last six months, he is close right now. Tsitsipas has gone a bit walkabout recently. Feel like maybe having a time out mid career. Interesting to see what happens in NY. Alcaraz has lost in last two hard court slams to Zverev and Medvedev. Zverev took down Sinner in NY and Medvedev v almost beat Sinner in Melbourne final (lost perhaps partly because he was knackered from 5 sets with Zverev in the semis…in what was one of the best matches this year).

This is imo too harsh and critical of the zverev medvedev thiem de minaur rublev gen : i think your worda are in a way disrespectful to their efforts and their achievements.

who is the lady on the left? she seems very astute

Great discussion, but don’t forget Thiem. He won a Slam and was part of the next gen.

Alcaraz and Sinner are into the stratosphere compared to the next gen players. We should be thankful to have those two coming up right on time to entertain us for the next decade, just after the end of the big 3 era

Didn't realise Woody Allen was part-timing as a tennis commentator.

Zverev has played his best French Open this year and his best Wimbledon, he overcame the no Top 10 player stigma there in the last couple of years and he's the most consistent of the lot apart from Daniil. He's still number three in the race and the highest ranked player without a Majors title. He might indeed not win a Slam but to say he's not consistently performing at the top of the sport is ludicrous also.

LOVE this convo! feels like Katherine can speak her honest opinion more than she could on broadcast tv and prime 🙌 love it

Before them were other brilliant 'never won a slam' players. Monfils, Tsonga, Dmitrov, straddled with Kyrgios, Tomic (two junior slams) and so many other absolutely wonderful players who just kept playing and, as Kyrgios said, 'I thought that ship had sailed'. Covid actually took out three years of their playing lives. They held up the other end of the courts in every spectacular match. They got stone-walled by the boring big three in every slam, rarely losing to anyone at a lower rank. Do you really believe they were not a part of the conversation? Kyrgios was part of the conversation for so many years, constantly seriously injured, constantly called out as if he was tanking, faking, but playing with pain because he thought that's what you do, finally unable to walk or hold a racquet. What did you do to those guys?

I agree with most of what you said. The only player tht will be better than the big three is Alcaraz. He has everything that makes a #1 player & imprtantly the mental attitude. The curent generation i.e. zverev, tstsipas etc have the talent but not the mental aspects of the game & they are at their peak now. Alcaraz & other upcoming young players i.e. Rune will be better thn they are now. He is still young mentally, Rune and needs to grow up.

Setting aside their slam count, look at their inability to compete on multiple surfaces compared to Alcaraz and Sinner! For example, none of them have been able to play on grass and you can't blame the big 3 for that because they lose to EVERYONE at Wimbledon. They really have a lack of consistency when it comes to all four slams specifically. Their lack of mental fortitude has also been dissapointing to watch. Carlitos lost to Novak in the FO semi's last year and bounced back a month later to beat him at wimbledon, contrast that to Tsitsipas who still hasnt gotten over his 2021 final loss level wise. So yes you could argue that the original next gen had slightly higher competition, but ive brought up just two examples off the top of my head as to why i also think that they are weaker players compared to the new next gen. Theres plenty more examples out there.

I think Thiem would've won more slams if he didn't basically have a career ending when he did. He was 26, starting his prime. The new gen is Alcaraz and Skinner. Those other guys are done. The rest might get scraps if these 2 and joker don't win it

Mean folk. Is it the Dutch Courage talking?

I think Medvedev is the only serious player. Theim was too just unlucky with injuries. Also i had a feeling Sasha might win a grand slam one day. The rest garbage.

Zverev is good enough to win Slams. He has the game but his dogshit mentality will ensure he wouldn't win Slams. Biggest choker in Tennis.

Thiem

I agree 100 percent

Who are these three sitting and randomly passing judgement?

Even now Novak is a top contender. And Carlos is clearly the best now and Sinner a very close second behind Carlos. Once Novak retires, its a very easy road for Carlos and Sinner. Only Meddy can pose a challenge some days. The Big 3 had Murray and Wawrinka around as well. Carlos and Sinner have, at the moment not a lot of competition. Imo if Carlos can keep himself injury free, he can go on to break all records easily unless someone really good comes along.

who the heck are these three people?? Should we know who they are and why we should care about their opinion?

You forgot FAA :)

I think they're all good players I think some may be even great but none of them are true champions. I think it was unrealistic to think that this generation was going to replace the big three. She didn't mention Dominic who had to retire I really thought he was going to be the next big thing but an injury took him out. Before this year people said Carlos Alcaraz was washed up that he would never win another Grand slam. You never know?

Love the opening song BTW

His legacy is assured. Great player.

Zverev ,is surely an official choker , Medvedev ,good ,but not as good as HE seems to think he is and Tsisipas is too lazy . Point ? They may grab one or two ,but they dont have the commitment . Not as good as Sinner or Alcaraz. Not even close.

Zverev has won olympic gold and twice the ATP Masters, 22 atp titles....

I agree with David, Federer would have found a solution. His game matches up well with Alcaraz with lot of net skills and base line with power.

So all of those commentators and analysts who called Federer's prime The weak era should have their feet in their mouths because that's exactly what's happening here.

I believe in Holger Rune! He plays awesome tennis... (most of the time) The results (& trophies) will follow! 🤞🏼

It's kind of ridiculous that the signs of decline for the Big 3 are when they get dominated in slam finals and semis.

You seem to be oblivious of Thiem.