The four greatest male players in modern tennis – who between them have won more than £400m across 16 years – arrive in Melbourne aware that their days as a dominant entity are numbered, if not already history.
This could be Alexander Zverev’s time, or maybe the 2019 Australian Open will belong to Stefanos Tsitsipas or Daniil Medvedev. And Australians may even celebrate their first home slam men’s winner since Mark Edmondson 43 years ago if the 19-year-old Alex de Minaur can continue to perform minor miracles. At 212 in the world, Edmondson was and remains the lowest-ranked slam champion of the Open era; dreams do come true.
Written by Kevin Mitchell
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/04/fearsome-foursome-head-to-australian-open-aware-the-end-could-be-near-tennis under the title “Fearsome foursome go to Australian Open aware the end could be near”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
