Ruud believes floodgates will open in terms of different Grand Slam winners in Big Three retiring

One member of the Big Three has retired from tennis and the other two will follow suit sooner rather than later and Ruud thinks it will be a crazy time when they do.

According to the Norwegian, the floodgates will open once they retire and many players will be contending for grand slams yearly. It's not so far from what we've seen this year as several players were considered the favourite to win the US Open. Alcaraz ended up being the champion but Nadal and Djokovic demonstrated that they still have what it takes.

Ruud said:

"The amount, if you ask me, of talent around on the tour these days is great, and I think more players will have the opportunity and chance to win Grand Slams in the future than what we have seen the last 17 or 18 years."

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Ruud also touched upon his own experience in grand slam finals as he played two. He favours the US Open one:

"That was the most enjoyable final because I was the closest. But at the same time I'm getting sometimes these flashbacks like 'oh, I wish I had one, because it would be a completely different story'. But it also gives me a lot of motivation for next year, knowing that I've been close to actually get it, if that's ever going to be that I reach number one in the rankings, who knows?"

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