PARIS: Nick Kyrgios believes the French Open is Rafael Nadal’s to lose and that his generation will have to wait a little longer before releasing the old guard’s grip on men’s tennis. Indeed, the big four of Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray have captured 25 of the last 29 Grand Slams. For Kyrgios, Nadal remains the overwhelming favourite to win a 10th French Open and take his personal majors haul to 15. But Kyrgios is not convinced that day has come, pointing to the contrasting fortunes of 23-year-old Dominic Thiem in Rome. The Austrian stunned Nadal in the quarter-finals but managed to take just one game off Djokovic in the semis.

Source: New Strait Times May 30, 2017 12:56 UTC