'Once we step on the 法廷，裁判所, the other three are forgotten anyway': US Open 半分-finalist Dominic Thiem （人命などを）奪う，主張するs absence of Federer, Djokovic and Nadal will not 事柄 as 紅潮／摘発するing Meadows 準備するs to 栄冠を与える a new 支持する／優勝者 for the first time in six years

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Over the next three days, tennis will get a glimpse of what life will be like after Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.

A new 支持する／優勝者 will be 栄冠を与えるd at the US Open for the first time since 2014 ― and do not try to tell the 半分-finalists that the 勝利者 will have taken some 肉親，親類d of shortcut.

‘There’s no Roger, Rafa, Novak ― but there is Daniil (Medvedev), Sascha (Zverev) and Pablo (Carreno-Busta),’ said the fourth member of the quartet, Dominic Thiem.

Dominic Thiem is one of the 半分-finalists looking to 勝利，勝つ their first US Open Grand 激突する

‘They’re three amazing players. Every one of us deserves this first major 肩書を与える, everybody will give it their all. Once we step on the 法廷，裁判所, the other three are forgotten anyway.’

The latter trio of 指名するs do not 正確に／まさに roll off the tongue in the same way as the Big Three, or four when Andy Murray was in the group.

At a time when prize money and ATP 小旅行する 歳入s are bound to come under 圧力 まっただ中に the 全世界の 経済的な 低迷, the sport is going to need all the pulling 力／強力にする it can 召集（する） as its marquee players begin to fade away.

Favourite Novak Djokovic was sensationally disqualified earlier in tournament after accidentally striking a line 裁判官 with a tennis ball

一方／合間 2019 勝利者 Rafael Nadal did not enter the tournament this year

Television 見解（をとる）ing 人物／姿／数字s in America 存在 負かす／撃墜する this year is a 思い出の品 of that, although there were mitigating circumstances.

Aside from the absence of Nadal and Federer there has been an unusual 衝突／不一致 with the NBA season, a dead on-法廷，裁判所 atmosphere without fans and six out of the 最高の，を越す 10 women elected not to play.

Zverev will take on Carreno-Busta but the 支持する／優勝者 is likely to come from the second match, between Thiem and Medvedev.

Five-time 勝利者 Roger Federer has also been absent from this year's US Open

Thiem has already made three major 決勝戦, two in Paris and one in Melbourne ― earlier this year ― but he is 捜し出すing his first in New York.

‘If I’m the first Austrian or not, it’s not that important,’ he said.

He may 井戸／弁護士席 見解（をとる） his 半分 as the final. His 記録，記録的な／記録する versus the other two is so good ― 7-2 with Zverev and 7-0 with Carreno-Busta ― that it 示唆するs this will be the biggest 実験（する）.