"Alcaraz, Sinner, Tiafoe; their time has come" says John McEnroe

John McEnroe believes the time for Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Frances Tiafoe has come after they advanced deep into the US Open.

All three of these players are playing today and all three will be fighting for a spot in the semifinal. Frances Tiafoe is playing Andrey Rublev, a player he beat last year at the US Open while Alcaraz and Sinner are playing each other.

Speaking about the US Open, McEnroe said:

"I certainly didn't expect Daniil Medvedev to be not in it at this stage, that’s for sure. But I have to say I didn’t really expect Kyrgios to be playing as solid in every match. In pretty much every point of the tournament so far he’s shown a completely different side. The other players, Alcaraz - yes. Sinner - yes. Berrettini - yes. So it’s pretty predictable except we don’t have Nadal and Medvedev.”

He then explained that the next batch of great young playres seemed to have finally arrived:

"I don’t know, maybe some of the players get burned out. Age? I think it caught up to Rafa yesterday when he played [Frances] Tiafoe. He looked, for him, a little sluggish, so that to me is the reason why [he lost]. Listen, I’ve been talking about ‘When’s the changing of the guard? When’s that going to happen’. I think it may have finally happened. A guy like Djokovic - too bad he’s not here, but I’m excited about these new guys. I think their time has come.”