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Moranis:
Since the 2005 French Open, the only grand slam that was not won by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, or Novak Djokovic was the 2009 U.S. Open won by Juan Martin Del Potro.

Adding in Andy Murray, no one else made a final last year (Murray and Federer 1 appearance each, with the other 6 slots split evenly by Djokovic and Nadal).  Those four are the only men left at this years Australian Open, which means 4 of the last 5 Grand Slams semi finals comprised those four (last year at Wimbledon Federer lost in the quarters to Tsonga or it would have been 5 straight). 


I don't ever remember a time where 4 men (I'm including Murray since he is clearly way better than everyone else) dominated the rest of the field like this.  Totally impressive, especially since they are all doing it on all 3 surfaces. 


The questions I'm struggling with are

Is this good for tennis?  If not, what can tennis do about it?

What does this mean for American tennis (since none are American)?

Who is going to be the person to challenge those four?

pearljammer10:
It is pretty amazing... And those four can almost be taken down to two up until these past couple years because Nadal and Federer were there in everyyyyy championship.

This question always comes up around the bon fire...Who was more dominant at their own sport...Federer or Tiger?

jdz101:
At least they're entertaining players to watch. Nadal especially.

wiley:
I think it's great for men's tennis.  Having an elite group makes their matches
against each other unbelievable exciting, and it's fun to see/predict who can/will
break into their circle.  U.S. men's tennis is downright horrid at the moment.
Quantity as always but no shining stars.

The women's game is also great these days, but it's been hurt I think
by early retirements and no clear elite 2-4.  It's more like an elite 6-10.
The Williams sisters make things interesting.  Go Venus.

letsgoblue86:
Those guys are just miles ahead of the rest.  It's mostly mental too, the guy ranked 75th in the world works as hard as Djokovic, has the same amount of talent, it's just all mental.

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