Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are still winning slams, but it’s all clear that they may have not many years ahead on tour.

Luckily, many interesting prospects are emerging and Rafa thinks that 2 players will be rather special on tour: Sascha Zverev and Denis Shapovalov.

About the nextgen

During a recent interview, Rafa commented

“The young guys are coming: Zverev, Shapovalov”

I’m not going to name them all, but there are many out there right now who I think are particularly special, and they are obviously going to replace us.

It’s either because they are going to just be better than us in a short time or because logic dictates that age will eventually catch up to us.

Our era was particularly exceptional, when a series of players dominated the tour for years, at the highest level of tennis, at the biggest tournaments.”