Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic may all skip the upcoming US Open.
While Federer has already announced that he will not be back to competitions in 2020 after he had a second procedure to his knee, both Nadal and Djokovic have expressed multiple times not to be thrilled about playing the US Open.
The big question is if a slam tat is played behind closed doors and without the presence of the Big3 has the right relevance.
According to Sam Querrey, a possible absence of the Big3 will not be a major issue. Talking to Forbes, the American commented:
“If we don’t have that for one U.S. Open, it’s not going to make or break anything. It’s more important for the game of tennis that we play the U.S. Open and get it back going than it is for those two guys to play the event,” said the former world no.11.
“It does open up the draw for someone else to win it. I would love to win it. But tennis has been great because of Roger, Rafa, Novak for 15 straight years. I think dominance by one person or a small group of people in any one sport is really good for that sport,” he added.
Roger Federer in 2020
Now ranked no.4, the Swiss played his last match on the 30th of January when he was overcome by Novak Djokovic 7-61 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal of the Australian Open.
Roger Federer’s most significant achievement of the present year was reaching the semi-finals at the Australian Open.
Rafael Nadal in 2020
Ranked world no.2, the Spaniard played his last match on the 29th of February when he overcame Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-2 in the final in Acapulco to win his 85th career title.
During this season the Spaniard has a 13-3 win-loss record. Nadal has won 1 title in Acapulco.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal played each other 40 times. The head to head is 24-16 for Nadal. The last time that they played each other, Roger Federer won 6-4 6-3 in the final in Shanghai (Shanghai Rolex Masters) in October 2017.
Novak Djokovic in 2020
Ranked no.1, Djokovic played his last match on the 29th of February when he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 in the final in Dubai to win his 79th career title.
Presently, this year Djokovic has a 18-0 win-loss record. The Serbian has won 2 titles in 2020 at the Australian Open and in Dubai.
Sam Querrey in 2020
At the moment ranked no.45, Sam played his last match on the 24th of January when he capitulated to Tennys Sandgren 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round of the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic and Sam Querrey played each other 11 times. The head to head is 9-2 for Djokovic. The last time that they locked horns, Novak Djokovic won 7-5 6-1 in the 2nd round in Cincinnati (Western & Southern Open) in August 2019.
In the following video you can watch the key moments of their match.
