00:00So, Puneet, obviously, the US Open marks the end of the slams on the calendar, two going
00:08to Carlos Alcaraz and two going to Yannick Sinner. I mean, when you look at the big four
00:13who dominated the sport for a number of years and they've sort of taken a back seat now,
00:18do you feel this year sort of marks a change in tides in the tennis world?
00:23Yeah, definitely. There's no doubt about that. I mean, obviously, Sinner winning two slams
00:27and Alcaraz winning two, it goes to prove that that is happening. Nadal, I do consider
00:33him to be a retired player, to be honest. He has showed up for the Olympics, showed
00:37up for Roland-Garros, and I think he was just trying his hand to see how he was going to
00:42fare on the clay. And I think he wanted to have a chance at another clay title and obviously
00:47the Olympics as well at Roland-Garros. And it didn't work out for him. As expected, he's
00:54sitting out most of the other hardcore titles like he's been doing for several years. So
00:58I don't think Nadal is really going to be competitive. Novak Djokovic, I still think
01:04he has maybe a couple of years to try getting one or two more slams. He's going to keep
01:09trying. The desire is still there. This year, he had already told everybody that Olympics
01:15is his major thing. Having the knee injury did throw him off course for the slams, but
01:20he managed to get the Olympic gold. And it remains to be seen, is he going to come back
01:25in Australia and get that title again, or is he going to be able to compete with the
01:30young guns? I mean, the thing is, there's Sinha and there's Alkaraz, but everybody else
01:34still seems a way off. We saw that with the US Open. As soon as Alkaraz and Djokovic out,
01:40I did feel that the tournament had kind of got a bit boring and not so competitive. And
01:45I think players like Tiafoe and Shelton are really exciting and there's potential there.
01:52But we saw with the likes of Zverev and Medvedev and Tsitsipas, really, really disappointing.
01:57And looking back on the year, what's been your favourite moment of 2024? Whether it's
02:03a storyline to reflect on, because there's really been some fantastic ones and some things
02:08we've seen throughout the year have been really, really enjoyable to watch in the tennis world.
02:15I mean, it has been fantastic. I think Alkaraz winning, you know, Roland Garros and Wimbledon
02:19back-to-back, I think he was fantastic in the Wimbledon final. I don't know about Boudinette's
02:23best, but Alkaraz made it look so easy, even though it's not an ATP tournament. And I know
02:29he's probably made the Olympics more important than they are, really, in the world of tennis.
02:34But he's been talking about it for years. He's won everything else. This was his last
02:37chance. He had a knee injury. It was on clay. You know, he was up against such tough opponents,
02:43Nadal. Going into that, we weren't sure if he was going to be able to beat Nadal.
02:47And the way Novak played to win that in straight sets, he put literally everything on the line.
02:53You know, mind, body, soul. It was unbelievable. That match really stands out for me. I think
02:57that was my favourite match of the year.
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