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The young guns set to challenge big four Everything that has needed to be said about the rise of Novak Djokovic has been said.
His main rivals - Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray - will have to get back on track quickly after some rest days if they are to live with him.
But behind this now famous big four, the next generation is arriving and starting to look very interesting, with some players already ready for the top 20 and even top 10 in the years to come.
Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic made waves at Wimbledon by reaching his first Grand Slam quarter-final. His path to stardom had been slowed by a growth spurt which had affected his physical development. But since the start of the season he has made big improvements and he doubtless won't spend much longer ranked 71 in the world.
His serve has been changed for the better and his movement shows huge improvements - crucial because it was one of his biggest issues impeding his progress. Tomic is amply gifted and reminds me a bit of Miroslav 'The Cat' Mecir because of his style, which looks as if he plays the game in slow motion with his feet plugged to the ground on every shot.
He's playing with a mix of natural strokes and sudden power which is disguised by his body language, which stays relaxed all the time. Tomic also possesses a a quite unique inside-out short forehand, which goes very flat over the net. Like Djokovic, his main weapon is that he always seems one shot ahead and anticipates the ball well. His anticipation will still have to improve - and his footwork with it - but once it does, he'll be very dangerous.
Milos Raonic
Raonic missed out on a clash with Rafael Nadal in the third round of Wimbledon this year after suffering an injury during his match with Gilles Muller. Raonic, as opposed to the other starlets, has had a very successful start of the season and is already in the top 30.
His game is built around an outstanding serve, with power and precision which allows him to dictate so many points. It also benefits him on return games because he's more relaxed and the pressure applied by his serve weighs his opponents down.
For me, he's the model of the player of the future - very tall, and very powerful.
He's not doing anything extraordinary from the baseline and he's clearly lacking some speed, but it's still possible to compare him to someone like Andy Roddick who always relied on two big shots - serve and forehand - for his success.
Ryan Harrison
Another player to follow is Ryan Harrison, now on the cusp of the top 100. He's an example of an American player with huge mental strength, a fighting spirit and a determination never to give up on court. He's versatile enough to adjust to every surface and that's impressive.
The way he fought against Robin Soderling and David Ferrer at Roland Garros and Wimbledon proves his temperament, and even while he has little experience of this level of play, he can shine from the baseline by counterpunching or even serve and volley when needede.
A note of caution - to me it seems that he has less room for improvement than some of his rivals. But such mental strength should not be undervalued.
Grigor Dimitrov
Dimitrov is training in my academy and seems the most complete player of this generation of rising stars. His technical ability is above the level of his peers, and his huge battle against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at Wimbledon put him firmly in the spotlight.
He won two Grand Slams at Junior level, and is nicknamed by some as 'Little Federer' because of a similar way about the two on court.
He's been watched a lot in the last couple of years - perhaps too much if you consider his world ranking.
For the moment he can still be overwhelmed by the wealth of tactical options he has and a wish to do too much.
His current ranking of 60 suggests he's going the right way, though.
Andrey Kuznetsov
He's a little behind the rest, but I really like what I've seen of the Junior Wimbledon winner.
His flat shots and ability to play some high quality points mark him out, but he'll need to make improvements on his shot placement particularly - as well as his movement.
If he can gain some co-ordination and strength to go with it, Andrey would quickly climb the rankings because his game is no instinctive and natural, with a desire to come forward and a top quality backhand.
He could very soon catch up to the rest.
And while we're at it...
Among these five players we have an American, a Bulgarian, a Russian, an Australian and a Canadian. But if you look closer, four of the five of them have Eastern European backgrounds and ancestry. Tomic and Raonic are from the former Yugoslavia. Let's also not forget that before getting injured another player, Filip Krajinovic, was on his way to being amongst this list. At a time when Novak Djokovic is the undisputed top player in the world, it's clear that Serbo-Croatian tennis has never been stronger.
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