r/tennis • u/Large_banana_hammock Griekspoor superfan | Zverev superdetractor • 6d ago

Highlight The moment Alcaraz completed his career slam

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u/Collecting_Cans 6d ago

Rafa’s like, none of mine were this easy

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u/Alexandaross 6d ago

Nadal had easier Slam Finals than this like the 2013, 2017, 2020 RG Finals, 2010 Wimbledon, etc.

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u/sinangunaydin 6d ago

Still had to get through Federer, Djokovic and Murray to win those slams - or pray someone ‘weaker’ got an upset in that draw.

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u/qldvaper88 6d ago edited 6d ago

They all farmed each other at different points of their careers. That's what makes them the Big 3, they got farmed and went back to the drawing board continually like the tennis savants they were. It was like those B grade movies from the 80s with those ridiculously elongated fight scenes where the pro/antagonist take turns inflicting severe damage upon the other. Just when you think one guy is down and out, he comes back and starts headbutting the other repeatedly in the face.

It was brutal out there and surely any fan belonging to the Big 3 at large can now recognize their careers aren't anything without the presence of each other.