{"id":298726,"date":"2023-11-26T09:24:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T09:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=298726"},"modified":"2023-11-26T09:24:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T09:24:18","slug":"four-players-primed-to-be-next-andy-murray-after-djokovic-names-new-big-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/tennis\/four-players-primed-to-be-next-andy-murray-after-djokovic-names-new-big-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Four players primed to be next Andy Murray after Djokovic names new ‘Big Three’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Novak Djokovic has already named the three players he expects to take the reins from himself and Rafael Nadal to dominate tennis for the coming years after clinching his seventh ATP Finals title in Turin. The Serbian has been hugely complimentary about Jannik Sinner, who stunned Djokovic earlier in the tournament before succumbing to a loss in front of his home crowd. But with the ‘Big Three’ supposedly already decided, there is room for a surprise challenger to disrupt the flow like Andy Murray has done.<\/p>\n

Djokovic appears more convinced than ever that Sinner will be among the leading pack of the new generation of men’s tennis stars, along with two-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz and 20-year-old Holger Rune, after claiming he will stop playing tennis when he starts to lose to the talented trio.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarlos, Jannik, and Holger are the big three.. the next big three, if you want to call them. They are going to carry this sport,” Djokovic said. “I will hang on for as long as I feel like hanging on, as long as I’m able to win against them on the big stage. I’ll still keep going because why stop if you’re still winning the biggest titles. Once they start to kick my butt, then I will consider probably having a little break or maybe a permanent break from professional tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n

In terms of finding the next Murray, it would be difficult for any of the current crop of players under 25 to put themselves forward, given Murray won three Slams and finished runner-up on eight occasions.\u00a0Express Sport<\/em>\u00a0looks at four players who make the leap and fill Murray’s spot as the biggest challenger to the new trifecta of Sinner, Alcaraz and Rune.<\/p>\n

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Jack Draper<\/h3>\n

If his early performances in his career are anything to go by, Draper might be Britain’s best chance of moulding another Grand Slam winner after Andy Murray. The pair showed they have already bonded while playing together at the Davis Cup and having Murray’s approval will help him go a long way in the game.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old has already reached a career-high ranking of 38 before the Australian Open this year and he reached the fourth round at the US Open – his best performance at a Major so far – to highlight his growing stature in the game.<\/p>\n

For a while, it looked like Cam Norrie was going to hold the torch for British men’s tennis, and that still might be the case as he is ranked in the top 20, rightfully earning the British No 1 tag. But Draper’s potential hints there is more to come and with 12 ITF titles to his name already, it won’t be long before he is celebrating success on the ATP Tour stage too.<\/p>\n