Many fans agree that about 10 years ago we lived in the golden generation of tennis with outstanding level tennis players. Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer Andy Murray…
Now this opinion has also been made public. Tony Nadal, Rafa’s uncle, in his weekly column in El País. But also with a stick for a new generation: “A few years ago, the “best” tennis players were better than those that are now. Previously, tennis players were noticeably better and much more competitive than the current ones.“.
“The speed at which games are played now encourages a lot of mistakes to be made, it makes it much easier to lose the thread, it’s much harder to merge different tournaments while playing well, and those aforementioned unexpected losses happen all too often,” he added.
Of course, Nadal left Novak Djokovic out of the equation and Carlos Alcaraz: “I am surprised by the lack of consistency and regularity. With the exception of Djokovic and Alcaraz, the level offered by the majority is disappointing.“.
In case I wasn’t clear enough, Toni Nadal took names to compare them: “Without a doubt, Nadal would beat Medvedev, Murray would be better than Zverev, and Wawrinka would be better than Ruud. Del Potro would also beat Rublev and Ferrer with the help of Rune.. And today’s Djokovic is much lower than he was five or ten years ago.”