Following Stan Wawrinka’s win at the U.S. Open on Sunday, it may finally be time to officially expand the ‘Big Four’ in men’s tennis to the ‘Big Five’. The 2009 U.S. Open winner Juan Martin del Potro and 2014 champion Marin Cilic both interrupted the Big Four’s dominance but only Wawrinka has repeatedly defied them. With his 6-7(1) 6-4 7-5 6-3 victory over Djokovic on Sunday, Wawrinka captured his third major title, matching the haul of long-standing Big Four member Murray. Certainly Wawrinka gets Djokovic’s vote for inclusion, having taken two of his three titles at the Serb’s expense. “Stan won three grand slams now and three different ones; (an) Olympic medal.
Source: Hindustan Times September 12, 2016 04:07 UTC