With the withdrawal of Roger Federer in the Laver Cup 2022 and with that of Rafa Nadal in the Davis Cup, there is only Novak Djokovic of the emblematic “Big Three” who have amazed the world of sport for so many years.
Analyzing the influence that the three tennis players had on each other, Andy Roddick It came down to the ability each had to improve the other two.
“Rafa is an important part of it. Roger is better because of Rafa and Novak wouldn’t be the player he is without Rafa. If he never had to face Rafa, we wouldn’t know that there was a better version of Novak,” he explained in his podcast “Served with Andy Roddick”.
In fact, the American focuses on Nadal’s figure: “The reason these guys were so great is because they looked across the net and saw parts of themselves from the other side and knew they had to improve. Rafa was an important part of it. I created an impossible puzzle for a long time and he always did it in a decent way.”
“Roger was the first person who didn’t have any weaknesses, and then that created Rafa, who didn’t have any holes, and that created Novak who didn’t have any either,” added the former world number 1.
