Is the GOAT of Tennis a Meaningless Competition?
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As the Australian Open will be played in Melbourne from Jan. 16 to Jan. 29, it is time to consider an interesting question on Quora that observers of the tennis world will be interested in: “Isn’t the whole GOAT debate in tennis just pointless and a waste of time? Any true tennis fan would not go on about it.”
However, the reality is that whenever a Grand Slam tennis tournament is staged, the big, as yet unanswered, question as to who will be the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT) professional tennis player inevitably comes up in the media.
There are three candidates for this accolade: Roger Federer, with 20 Grand Slam victories; Novak Djokovic, with 21 Grand Slam triumphs; and the present record holder, Rafael Nadal, who boasts 22 Grand Slams on his palmarès….