Tsonga: “I wish the Big Three of Nadal, Federer and Djokovic hadn't existed”

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has had the Big three of tennis throughout his sports career. Mainly, since in their best years (he was 5th in the ATP ranking in 2012) He could never take a Grand Slam title from the great dominators of this sport in the last fifteen years: Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

“Let's be honest. I would have loved if these three guys didn't exist “, joked the French on the show Dip Talk. And he added: “When you are in the elite year after year and you see that you can reach the top-5 but you do not go beyond there because they are ahead, you ask yourself where you would be able to go if you had not coincided with them. But It must also be said that it has been a tremendous pride to face the Big Three. To be able to boast of playing with them and to have reaped some victories is something unique “.

Good Tsonga is right, who to date presents a Clearly unfavorable balance with each of the three: 6-17 against Djokovic, 4-10 against Nadal and 6-12 against Federer. After making himself known to the general public at the 2008 Australian Open in which he lost in the final to Djokovic, the Frenchman pulled out his thorn in 2014 by conquering in Canada and Federer the only Masters 1,000 that appears in their showcases. Surely many would have signed it with their eyes closed …