India, May 27 -- The unrelenting domination of the Big Four (Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray) in men's tennis over the last two decades, changed the script for many emerging talents to mere could-haves. Juan Martin Del Potro, Stan Wawrinka and Marin Cilic did manage to sneak a Grand Slam win each during their "brutal" reign. But there was one other, that failed to make the summit. He was the only other player in history, barring Murray, Djokovic and Nadal, to have 600-plus wins on the ATP tour, but paid the price of belonging to the 'golden age of tennis.'

In July 1995, Corinne Dubreuil, then a photographer for France's Tennis Magazine, was covering a junior tournament in Blois when she was urged to visit one ...