Former world No 1 feels gap between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, and the chasing pack has narrowed

He admits it received’t be a shock if Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal add extra Grand Slams to their CVs in 2021, however Juan Carlos Ferrero believes there isn’t a longer a gulf between these two and the chasing pack.

The duo together with Roger Federer have had a stranglehold on the majors in recent times as they received 13 consecutive tournaments between them. Nonetheless, that sequence was damaged at this yr’s US Open when Dominic Thiem beat Alexander Zverev within the ultimate to win his maiden Grand Slam.

Djokovic and Nadal, although, nonetheless received a serious every this yr with the previous victorious on the Australian Open and the Spaniard capturing a thirteenth French Open title.

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Former world No 1 Ferrero says the pair are nonetheless those to beat, however feels likes of Thiem, Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas can now beat them on any given day.

“Djokovic and Nadal have proven us this yr that they nonetheless have the ambition and the physique to compete for the most important titles in our sport,” he instructed Tennis Majors.

“In the event that they win some extra Grand Slam titles it could not be a shock, however I really feel that in 2021 there will probably be different favourites, different gamers with more and more good probabilities to win Slams, not simply Djokovic and Nadal because it has been earlier than. Thiem could be a type of guys for certain.”

He added: “I nonetheless contemplate them favourites, however not as a lot as earlier than. I feel folks see that gamers like Thiem, Tsitsipas or Zverev have already got good probabilities of profitable towards them as effectively.”

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