Tennis
Nadal kept the Big 3 empire at an unparalleled height
Rafael Nadal managed to win the Australian Open, continuing the dominance of the Big 3, which has accounted for 82% of Grand Slam titles over the past 19 years!
He competed at the Australian Open as the sole representative of the Big 3 and despite the fact that his participation was in doubt, he managed to claim the title.
Rafael Nadal has reached the 21st Grand Slam of his huge career and is now only number one in the relevant rankings. At the same time, he continued the empire of the Big 3.
Since Wimbledon in 2003, when Roger Federer won his first title, there have been 74 Grand Slams to date, 61 of which have resulted in one of three. With a simple calculation, the three got 82.4% of majors over the past nearly 19 years.
In all these seasons, only one has lost two Grand Slams. This, of course, is in 2016 when they faced injury troubles as Andy Murray won Wimbledon and Stan Wawrinka won the US Open. .
Indicatively, the only ones who made it were Stan Wawrinka (3), Andy Murray (3), Gaston Gaudio (1), Marat Safin (1), Juan Martin del Potro (1), Andy Roddick (1) , Marin are Cilic (1), Dominic Tim (1) and Daniel Medvedev (1).
Check out the detailed table of all time Grand Slam conquests
Source: sport24
Jessica Martinez is an author at Sportish, a publication dedicated to sports news and analysis. She covers various topics related to sports and provides insightful commentary on the latest developments in the world of sports.