The Greatest Without A Slam Is Not Andy Murray

I was asked to pen an article about the "Is Marcelo Rios the best player to never win a major" topic. Here is the attempt to prove the very debatable point... It's at British journalist Mark Hodkinson's brand new site www.thetennisspace.com, which I highly recomment... http://www.thetennisspace.com/opinion/the-greatest-without-a-slam-its-not-andy-murray/ The author of a new book on Marcelo Rios argues that the Chilean, not Andy Murray, is the greatest player without a grand slam title. Marat Safin, a former US Open and Australian Open champion, tells me how the Chilean had the talent to win “ten grand slams”. Thomas Johansson, a former winner of the Australian Open, says of Rios, “he could make you feel like it was the first time you were standing on a tennis court, so I hated to play him. You could get killed by him easily, one and one or something like that, and you could have played a good match.” Continue to read full article...

Best talent to never win a slam? It's Rios