"There will be low point in tennis when Big 3 stop" says French Open director Guy Forget

Much has been speculated about the impact tennis will have once the big three of Djokovic, Federer and Nadal stop playing. Many believe the game will be fine as there are new and exciting players coming up but French Open tournament director Guy Forget is not so optimistic. He said:

“We grew up with [Bjorn] Borg, [John] McEnroe, and [Jimmy] Connors. It was great what those players brought to the sport, to tennis. In France, we had almost two million juniors players, during that time tennis had blown up. And then, we were saying, ‘what’s going to happen once these boys will stop playing?"

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He further said:

“And then after them, we had [Andre] Agassi, [Pete] Sampras and then a small drop. And then Roger arrived, then Rafa and Novak. And we say, ‘better than this, it’s not possible.'"

Despite all of that Forget believes tennis will still draw young players to the game even with the expected low point after the big three:

“I believe, the big tournaments like Wimbledon and Roland Garros, which are inevitable events will continue to thrill young players. So there will be a low point when Roger, Rafa, and Novak will stop, but I do hope people will still gather and line up in front of Porte D’Auteuil (Roland Garros) or Wimbledon.”

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