The “Big 3”. While the connotation has different explanations to different audiences, everyone unanimously agrees on it being the representative of the triumvirate of tennis stars who have dominated the sport for decades: Rafael Nadal , Roger Federer , and Novak Djokovic . The mere mention of any of these athletes evokes a sense of reverence that is unparalleled in any sport. But many of this year’s US Open entrants aren’t entirely alien to how it feels to subdue even such legends.
If you thought Novak Djokovic was the only one who ever managed to go and come out as victor against the Swiss maestro or the Spanish hitman, you couldn’t be further from reality. In fact, both Federer and Nadal have lost many matches to many rising Turks over the years, and several of them are making rip