Only some athletes manage to transcend timejust as the Swiss tennis player achieved Roger Federerwho took over the circuit for practically two decades together with the Spanish Rafael Nadal (264th) and the Serbian Novak Djokovic (3rd), forming the unrepeatable Big 3.
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A more than authoritative word on the matter, the Basel-born, 42-year-old and owner of 103 titles, revealed which athletes he considers to be the biggest in all historyin statements to the German newspaper Weld: “Pelé, Diego Maradona, Michael Schumacher, Tiger Woods, Valentino Rossi, Ayrton Senna, Michael Jordan, of course. He was an idol of mine. Athletes like this inspire me“.
“NADAL IS FANTASTIC, DJOKOVIC IS FANTASTIC… BUT LIKE THE MACHINE THERE IS NO…”
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It should be remembered that ‘His Majesty’ always received thunderous praise from the unforgettable left-hander, who died in 2020, who became champion at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. “Nadal is fantastic. Djokovic is fantastic. But there is no machine. Like Federer there is not, nor will there be. Sampras, very good. Agassi, great. If you want, I’ll tell you about Connors, about Vilas. They are all very far from The Machine”, he had stated in an ESPN documentary in 2019, when he coached Dorados de Sinaloa.
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“Growing up, Diego Maradona and Gabriel Batistuta were my favorite Argentine players. I was lucky to know them both, they inspired me. Now Messi can inspire future generations. I can only hope that we get to see his unique creativity and artistry for a little while longer. “Don’t blink too often while Messi plays on the field, you might miss something incredible,” the eight-time Wimbledon champion had expressed some time ago, who also showed weakness on more than one occasion for the Rosario star.
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