TENNIS NEWS - TIME FOR NEXT GENERATION TO KICK OUT ROGER FEDERER, RAFAEL NADAL AND NOVAK DJOKOVIC, SAYS LLOYD HARRIS
Lloyd Harris accepts the opportunity is approaching for the more youthful age to "kick out" the 'Large Three' from tennis' top table, following Daniil Medvedev's shocking US Open win.
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have ruled men's tennis for almost 20 years, winning 60 of the last 73 Grand Slam titles.
Yet, Medvedev's straight-sets prevail upon Djokovic in the last in New York was the greatest sign at this point that occasions may be evolving.
Lloyd Harris accepts the opportunity is approaching for the more youthful age to "kick out" the 'Large Three' from tennis' top table, following Daniil Medvedev's staggering US Open win.
Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have ruled men's tennis for almost 20 years, winning 60 of the last 73 Grand Slam titles.
In any case, Medvedev's straight-sets prevail upon Djokovic in the last in New York was the greatest sign at this point that occasions may be evolving.
"Novak's simply been relentless until this absolute last match… I simply think he faced a very troublesome rival on the day. Daniil played some great tennis all through the entire summer and only sort of mirrors this more current age."
Just as Medvedev's significant forward leap, Alexander Zverev beat Djokovic at the Olympics and Stefanos Tsitsipas and Hubert Hurkacz have both won Masters titles this year.
"This youthful age is truly coming through," added Harris. "On the off chance that you take a gander at the best 50 now, I think there are more youthful folks in there than there's been over the most recent 20 years.
"It simply shows you... Felix [Auger-Aliassime] had a huge run [at the US Open] just as Hurkacz, who got a Masters win in Miami, [and Casper] Ruud winning three titles...so this new age is truly coming through pleasantly and these are altogether the folks that I grew up with. It's mind boggling how we are in general inside one year from one another, between 1996 to 1998 nearly, which is quite inconceivable.
"In this way, indeed, I've known these folks for quite a while, we've been cutthroat in the youngsters as of now and it's ideal to see we all advancing and presently I believe it's an ideal opportunity to kick out the 'Large Three' and let the more youthful age dominate."
Harris, 24, has asserted some huge successes himself this year, beating Stan Wawrinka, Nadal, Dominic Thiem and Denis Shapovalov.
He is up to a profession high No 31 on the planet in the wake of arriving at the quarter-finals at the US Open, where he lost to Zverev in straight sets. Harris says he isn't "scared" by confronting anybody on visit and has more conviction that he can beat the top players.
"I've known these folks since I was 15, 16 playing on the ITF (International Tennis Federation) junior visits. I've seen every one of them around and played against a lot of them.
On the off chance that YOU CAN PULL OFF A WIN AGAINST ONE OF THEM IT ALWAYS FEELS AMAZING, THERE'S ALMOST JUST LIKE THAT LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA MOTIVATION WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING AGAINST THEM.
Harris has remained in New York after the US Open as he is set to play for South Africa in the Davis Cup against Venezuela. The South African crew additionally includes Davis Cup veterans Ruan Roelofse and Raven Klaasen, and adolescents Philip Henning and Sipho Montsi.
South Africa Davis Cup chief Christo van Rensburg thinks Harris can possibly climb significantly higher up the rankings.
"I became more acquainted with him now and genuinely it's stunning how solid the person looks, so I think taking certainty from winning, contending and beating previous number one's...he can expand on that certainty and according to my perspective, [I am] exceptionally lucky to be on the court here with somebody with that much certainty."
