FeDal's twilight: Reasons why retirement of these two will bring down tennis viewership

3) The human nature of disinterest once a loved one leaves

It is extremely common and the third reason lies in the very functioning of a human being. A person loses interest in an activity once someone they love is no longer associated with the activity. For a good part of two decades after Federer announced himself to the world, the maestro has stood his ground and conquered almost everything ahead of him.

In 2008, Nadal entered in a heroic fashion and beat the King on his turf and the world saw a new emperor in the Spaniard. The duo have kept the game more than alive but as dusk emerges, people will lament the fact that these two will soon be gone and not move on from the love they have for these legends.

Viewership will definitely go down for some amount of time until the sport produces more players to love and adore. All eyes however will move on to Novak Djokovic, Juan Martin Del Potro, Stanislas Wawrinka, Andy Murray, Dominic Thiem and Alexander Zverev, hoping that they will keep the game well and truly alive.