NEW YORK — The shortcomings of tennis’s Next Generation can be distilled into a single, stunning statistic: No man currently under the age of 30 has ever won a Grand Slam singles title.
That is, of course, largely due to the sustained hegemony of three players. Dating back to Wimbledon 2003, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have combined to win 54 of the last 65 majors—and they aren’t done yet. Nadal will look to make it 55 of 66 on Sunday—and, with a 19th Slam, pull within one of Federer’s all-time record—when he faces Daniil Medvedev in the U.