Novak, Rafa, Roger and Andy - a mixture of past and present champions - the past and the future of men's tennis, have been dominating the recent Grand Slams. I have been noticing this since the Australian Open last year, that it's been getting harder and harder for the rest of the men in the ATP tour to get to a Grand Slam semifinal since these four guys have kept a lock at the Top 4. It used to be just three, but now that Murray is slowly showing off some of his potential, none of the guys ranked lower than them, have penetrated the Grand Slam semifinal.
Yes, there have been some instances that some guys were lucky - I remember David Ferrer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga both did it once last year, but other than that, it has always been these four guys.
And that permutation is repeated again in the first Grand Slam of the year. In this year's Australian open, it was only Tomas Berdych who took Rafa to four sets. All the rest (Kei Nishikori, David Ferrer and Juan Martin Del Potro) fell in 3 sets. That's how tough these four guys were!
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