World No.29 Hubert Hurkacz is a player on the rise but admitted in a recent interview with Essentially Sports that there is a lot to learn from the big three and he discussed in particular his admiration of Roger Federer.
"I mean Roger is an amazing person. The way he plays is pretty unbelievable. So the way he hits the ball and the shots he selects, it’s tough to implement the things he does on court. But obviously you can learn from him a lot”.
The Polish ace went onto say that facing the big names spurs him on and that he wants to play them in the latter stages of tournaments now as opposed to at the start. He also spoke of looking forward to replacing the dominance of the Big Three.
"I love playing on the bigger stage. So like I enjoyed, even more, when I play against top seeds. Hopefully in the future it will happen later in the draw and not in the beginning. So I was dreaming about keep playing tennis, to play on the biggest stage in front of the biggest crowds”
“I hope it might be coming soon. Obviously, Rafa, Novak and Roger, they have like unbelievable achievements winning all those grand slams in the last years but I mean the young players are not as experienced as they are but they are trying to improve their game to maybe start stealing the titles from them."