10 things that happened since the last time Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were not in the top 4

Rafael Nadal Roger Federer — The last time both of them were not in the top-4 was way back in June 2003

#3 Barack Obama became US President and was re-elected for a 2^nd term

More than 5 years after Federer and Nadal emerged, a certain Barack Obama ran for the post of the President of the United States of America and became the first African American to become the US President. Not only that, Barack would also be re-elected for a 2^nd term in 2012. He is all set to step down at the end of this year.

After he played a significant role in promoting the global climate treaties along with his role in scaling down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Barack Obama was also awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2009. Significantly, Obama’s term has almost ended and as the world waits for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump to assume office, tennis fans are also witnessing a change of guard.