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Despite the lack of quality Americans in the sport, men’s tennis is seeing an apex in the game not seen since the Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras duels in the 1990?s.* This season has been dominated by one man:* Novak Djokovic.* Djokovic ran off a 43 match winning streak before being knocked off by Roger Federer in the French Open semifinal.* The victory gives us a fourth Roger Federer vs Rafael Nadal final in six years.* The streak and the transcendent rivalry gives sports fans something amazing that few people are actually watching.* More on the greatness of tennis today served up after the jump.

Few people in America could actually name more than two or three players on the ATP Tour, if they could name any at all.* Part of the reason is much of the tennis season is spent on other continents, relatively obscure players* playing for weeks at a time in the middle of the night for the American viewing audience.* Another reasoning is that there is no real American presence on the circuit since Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras were exchanging volleys.* Andy Roddick looked to be a rising star, and to a degree has been successful.* Roddick has won a US Open, but has been unable to add a second Grand Slam title to his resume since.* Mardy Fish has been steady, but has yet to prove himself in the second week of tournaments.* The television ratings may not show how good the game is today, but the public is missing out on some of the greatest individual performances in sports.

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