It’s been two decades since the Wimbledon men’s singles championship was won by someone outside the quartet of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.
“Yeah, why not? What Roger, Rafa, Andy and Novak have done for this sport is really incredible, and they’ve had so many battles. But the time is definitely coming for new faces,” said Hubert Hurkacz, a 25-year-old from Poland who beat Federer a year ago on Centre Court en route to the semifinals at the All England Club.
If that streak of titles collected by the so-called Big Four of men’s tennis does come to an end following this fortnight — no sure thing, certainly, because even though Federer, who turns 41 on Aug.
Other names to keep an eye on are Matteo Berrettini, the big-hitting runner-up to Djokovic a year ago who is seeded No. 8 this time and picked up two grass titles in recent weeks; a pair of Canadians, No. 6 Felix Auger-Aliassime, a 2021 quarterfinalist, and No. 13 Denis Shapovalov, a 2021 semifinalist; and No.
There has been more variety among the women’s title winners lately, with seven players dividing the past eight Wimbledon trophies — and five of them are in the bracket this time: Serena Williams, Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber, Garbiñe Muguruza and Petra Kvitova, who won a trophy on grass at Eastbourne on Saturday.
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