{"id":11808,"date":"2019-01-22T15:28:40","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=11808"},"modified":"2019-01-22T15:38:11","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T20:38:11","slug":"raonic-nishikori-dimitrov-still-win-grand-slams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2019\/01\/22\/raonic-nishikori-dimitrov-still-win-grand-slams\/","title":{"rendered":"Raonic, Nishikori, and Dimitrov Can Still Win Grand Slams"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last few years, most people have seemingly moved on from the likes of Milos Raonic, Kei Nishikori and Grigor Dimitrov–even calling them “the lost generation<\/a>.” The reason simply being because they didn\u2019t deliver the results many expected. This is all down to the promise they showed as teenagers: 17-year-old Dimitrov almost beat Rafael Nadal right after his Australian Open<\/a> win in 2009, and 18-year-old Kei Nishikori beat World #4 David Ferrer in five epic sets at the US Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nowadays all the focus is firmly on the generation after, the one which features the 2018 ATP Tour Finals winner<\/a> Alexander Zverev, one of this year\u2019s Australian Open<\/a> semifinalists Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Borna Coric–who has defeated Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray twice each–among others.<\/p>\n

The “Big Four” in the Way<\/h3>\n

With the Canadian, Japanese, and Bulgarian, the biggest issue that has stopped them winning Grand Slams is the “Big 4” (Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray). These four men have regularly beaten them (and everyone else) while dominating the sport. The generation which should have taken over winning Grand Slams many years ago simply couldn\u2019t; they just weren\u2019t good enough. The older guys still continued to dominate.<\/p>\n

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