Men’s tennis has a problem. For 20 years, the sport has been dominated by the three best, and most popular, players of all time. One barely needs to list their names: Roger, Rafa, and Novak are as ubiquitous as smartphones and have been around for longer. Their statistics beggar belief: 63 of the past 77 Grand Slams at the time of my writing and a combined 892 weeks, or around 17 years, ranked No. 1 in the world. The fourth-best player of the last two decades, Andy Murray, managed three Slams and 41 weeks in the top spot. And Andy Murray was good.
