We expect younger players to win a Grand Slam, says Novak Djokovic
In an interview to Sport 360 during the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi in December 2018, commented on the Next Generation players potential. He believes that the new guys can achieve a lot in the future.
Theres always a possibility and rightfully were kind of expecting them to be Grand Slam winners soon, said Djokovic. Number one is Zverev obviously, who has been now top-three in the world for a couple of years in a row, winning London, winning I think three Masters 1000 events.
Hes definitely the leader of the up-and-coming stars and the next generation. You have guys like Tsitsipas, (Dominic) Thiem, Khachanov, (Borna) Coric, these guys are showing that theyre able to challenge the top players for the top titles of our sport so for sure Im expecting them to do well this season.
How well? Well see. Djokovic also added: Its not the first time that were expecting young players to challenge all of us for top positions. So far the top-three guys have been still able to keep those three positions of the world for many years, well see what happens.
But the face of tennis is changing because youre having more challengers from the younger generation and its good. I embrace that, I salute that as a fan of the sport. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title
