sumitsehrawat
January 30th, 2008, 12:29 PM
2008 has started with promise especially in Men's Tennis. King Federer and Clay champion Nadal know that they may need to scratch their heads for the first time in their lives. The Mohammaed Ali lookalike Tsonga and the pinpoint Serb Djokovic have together brought competition in Men's Tennis which the fans were missing for a long time now.
Djokovic had shown promise in the previous tournaments as well even though he never won any Grand Slam. Tsonga too was equally impressive in this tournament. Such was the effect of these two in Men's tennis that crowd went crazy for both the players in the finals. Why not?? The Federer Express and the Spanish bull both were beaten in straight sets by Djokovic and Tsonga in the semis. Till now there were four levels in Men's tennis. Level one belonged to the Swiss ace Roger Federer who could not be deterred from this level. This is where he belonged till date and had literally no competition. Level Two had just one player too. The Spanish muscles in Nadal. He could not be moved. Level Three were the top 10-15 players who all were equally good and anyone could anyone anyday. Level Four consisted of players we really not be discussing about currently.
The rise of Djokovic and Tsonga would do wonders to Men's Tennis. For, one, Grand Slams would no longer be taken for granted as Federer vs Nadal finals. Taking inspiration from the likes of Djokovic and Tsonga more players would emerge and provide stiff comeptition to the likes of Federer and Nadal.
Not to mention, the quality of tennis we see these days were never existing before. Not in the times of Connors, McEnroe, Borg, Becker, Sampras, Agassi.
Thanks,
Sumit
Djokovic had shown promise in the previous tournaments as well even though he never won any Grand Slam. Tsonga too was equally impressive in this tournament. Such was the effect of these two in Men's tennis that crowd went crazy for both the players in the finals. Why not?? The Federer Express and the Spanish bull both were beaten in straight sets by Djokovic and Tsonga in the semis. Till now there were four levels in Men's tennis. Level one belonged to the Swiss ace Roger Federer who could not be deterred from this level. This is where he belonged till date and had literally no competition. Level Two had just one player too. The Spanish muscles in Nadal. He could not be moved. Level Three were the top 10-15 players who all were equally good and anyone could anyone anyday. Level Four consisted of players we really not be discussing about currently.
The rise of Djokovic and Tsonga would do wonders to Men's Tennis. For, one, Grand Slams would no longer be taken for granted as Federer vs Nadal finals. Taking inspiration from the likes of Djokovic and Tsonga more players would emerge and provide stiff comeptition to the likes of Federer and Nadal.
Not to mention, the quality of tennis we see these days were never existing before. Not in the times of Connors, McEnroe, Borg, Becker, Sampras, Agassi.
Thanks,
Sumit