After the historical and epic French Open final on Sunday between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, it’s clear that the future of the sport is in good hands after the fading of the Big 3 of Roger Federer,

A transcendent match could not have been so in a shorter format — but Sinner and Alcaraz's exploits are the exception, not the rule.

For 20 years, professional men’s tennis was a relatively simple calculation. Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, or Rafael Nadal would win every major tournament with the occasional random interloper. But characterizing the next era has been an open