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Greatness skipped a generation during tennis’s ‘Big Three’ era

4 min read . Updated: 22 Sep 2022, 06:47 PM IST Joshua Robinson, The Wall Street Journal

(L-R) Britain's Andy Murray, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Switzerland's Roger Federer and Spain's Rafael Nadal pose during a Team Europe practice session ahead of the 2022 Laver Cup at the O2 Arena in London on September 22, 2022 (Photo: AFP) — (L-R) Britain's Andy Murray, Serbia's Novak Djokovic, Switzerland's Roger Federer and Spain's Rafael Nadal pose during a Team Europe practice session ahead of the 2022 Laver Cup at the O2 Arena in London on September 22, 2022 **(Photo: AFP)**

Dozens of players came and went trying to crack Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Now their successors appear to be some of the youngest players on the men’s tour

The era of the “Big Three" in men’s tennis ended last week with a farewell post on Roger Federer’s Instagram account. To tell you how long he had been around, Federer had 16 major titles by the time Instagram was invented.

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