Is Sinner going to be Sampras to Alcaraz's Agassi?

[Spencer Gore]

Now that Sinner has made his breakthrough, I wonder if his rivalry with Alcaraz will follow the trajectory of the Sampras-Agassi rivalry? Alcaraz, like Agassi, the flamboyant, exciting, dynamic, sexy player that everyone loves and Sinner, like Sampras, the slightly dull rival that no one finds particularly exciting or sexy but who goes on to win most of the big matches and claim most of the prizes?

 

[Rosstour]

Really excited to see how you steer this back to sledging Federer. Subscribed

 

[alexio]

a matter of taste, was rather indifferent to duck agassi but liked a lot pete, and now almost the same with new guys, like sonic more, so at least somewhat your comparison is ..true

 

[Dwell]

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[tex123]

Now that Sinner has made his breakthrough, I wonder if his rivalry with Alcaraz will follow the trajectory of the Sampras-Agassi rivalry? Alcaraz, like Agassi, the flamboyant, exciting, dynamic, sexy player that everyone loves and Sinner, like Sampras, the slightly dull rival that no one finds particularly exciting or sexy but who goes on to win most of the big matches and claim most of the prizes?

Is Alcaraz going to lose all his hair?

 

[Tweener]

He's like the Lendl to Alcaraz's McEnroe. Or maybe he's like Batman and Alcaraz is like Superman.

 

[Kralingen]

He is the Jannik Sinner to Carlos’s Alcaraz.

There is no need for hackneyed historical comparisons. They are unique, and writing their own stories.

 

[Tweener]

He is the Jannik Sinner to Carlos’s Alcaraz.

There is no need for hackneyed historical comparisons. They are unique, and writing their own stories.

Nonsense, they are heroes and not mere mortals. We need compelling comparisons and narratives to increase the hype. We need more hype!

 

[Rosstour]

He is the Jannik Sinner to Carlos’s Alcaraz.

There is no need for hackneyed historical comparisons. They are unique, and writing their own stories.

Hang on man

He's about to make the case that FAA is the Federer of 2024

 

[NeutralFan]

Now that Sinner has made his breakthrough, I wonder if his rivalry with Alcaraz will follow the trajectory of the Sampras-Agassi rivalry? Alcaraz, like Agassi, the flamboyant, exciting, dynamic, sexy player that everyone loves and Sinner, like Sampras, the slightly dull rival that no one finds particularly exciting or sexy but who goes on to win most of the big matches and claim most of the prizes?

Everyone was saying Alcaraz is Hewitt of this era but son you got it right. Alcaraz is Agassi of this era and Sinner is Sampras of this era.

 

[ChrisRF]

Now that Sinner has made his breakthrough, I wonder if his rivalry with Alcaraz will follow the trajectory of the Sampras-Agassi rivalry? Alcaraz, like Agassi, the flamboyant, exciting, dynamic, sexy player that everyone loves and Sinner, like Sampras, the slightly dull rival that no one finds particularly exciting or sexy but who goes on to win most of the big matches and claim most of the prizes?

Why do so many people these days act like "no one found Sampras exciting"? Back when I was a little child and later a teenager, I thought Sampras to be the most spectacular and most exciting player in the world, and literally all other people in my surroundings who watched tennis agreed. Also everyone liked him for "just letting his racquet speak".

Of course now 25-30 years later I see that in hindsight his game had quite some flaws, but back then when we couldn't know that someone like Roger Federer would arrive, exciting tennis literally was Pete Sampras.

 

[Quaichang]

Is Alcaraz going to lose all his hair?

His father has a full head of hair. So probably not.

 

[FeroBango]

He is the Jannik Sinner to Carlos’s Alcaraz.

There is no need for hackneyed historical comparisons. They are unique, and writing their own stories.

What do you mean these aren't the same comic book characters with just slightly different canons but instead whole new people writing their own fates in real-time?

 

[tex123]

His father has a full head of hair. So probably not.

Not Agassi then.

 

[Cabeza del Demonio]

Hold your horses guys Alcaraz was unstoppable for a year and a half, and now that he's been out of form for 6 months we're already speculating about him being the "inconsistent one"?

 

[DIMI_D]

Why do so many people these days act like "no one found Sampras exciting"? Back when I was a little child and later a teenager, I thought Sampras to be the most spectacular and most exciting player in the world, and literally all other people in my surroundings who watched tennis agreed. Also everyone liked him for "just letting his racquet speak".

Of course now 25-30 years later I see that in hindsight his game had quite some flaws, but back then when we couldn't know that someone like Roger Federer would arrive, exciting tennis literally was Pete Sampras.

He was the reason why I picked up a racquet and became a tennis fan watching his emotional courier match at AO 95. He has flaws only now due to the homogenisation of the courts and change in racquet technology he was a titan of his era!

 

[AleYeah]

They've only played each other twice at majors so far- splitting the matches- so this may be a bit premature to speculate.

 

[tex123]

Hold your horses guys Alcaraz was unstoppable for a year and a half, and now that he's been out of form for 6 months we're already speculating about him being the "inconsistent one"?

You're only as good as your last landing as they say in aviation. Six months is a long time in tennis.

 

[ALCARAZWON]

Remember Sampras had finesse too, not just power, and Sinner has zero finesse.
I think Carlos will win about 10 times more Wimbledon's than Sinner, basically 10-1.
So that would make Carlos the Sampras, because they both possess great power and finesse.
Except Carlos will also rule Roland Garros.

 

[Devilito]

You're comparing two legends of the game to nobodies right now. Courier right now is more of a legend than any of those two.
We're also missing a difference in styles. Sinner and Alcaraz and any tennis player in 2024 plays the exact same boring way; ball bashing off the baseline like WTA players have been doing. Pete and Andre had opposite playing styles that made matches exciting.

 

[Cabeza del Demonio]

You're only as good as your last landing as they say in aviation. Six months is a long time in tennis.

This is definitely true, I do think Alcaraz and his team have reason to worry. But we gotta remember the guy is still 20. His career is still getting off the ground and he's already got a HoF-worthy stat sheet if he retired tomorrow. I think it's way too early to say his inconsistency is gonna be a feature of his career (especially compared to Sinner, who just bottled the YEC final 2 months ago and hasn't produced anywhere near Alcaraz's consistent dominance yet.)

 

[llgtennislegend]

Why do so many people these days act like "no one found Sampras exciting"? Back when I was a little child and later a teenager, I thought Sampras to be the most spectacular and most exciting player in the world, and literally all other people in my surroundings who watched tennis agreed. Also everyone liked him for "just letting his racquet speak".

Of course now 25-30 years later I see that in hindsight his game had quite some flaws, but back then when we couldn't know that someone like Roger Federer would arrive, exciting tennis literally was Pete Sampras.

You think Fed is better than Sampras? What's your take on this, OP?

 

[soldat]

Now that Sinner has made his breakthrough, I wonder if his rivalry with Alcaraz will follow the trajectory of the Sampras-Agassi rivalry? Alcaraz, like Agassi, the flamboyant, exciting, dynamic, sexy player that everyone loves and Sinner, like Sampras, the slightly dull rival that no one finds particularly exciting or sexy but who goes on to win most of the big matches and claim most of the prizes?

Sinner feels more like Djokovic and Alcaraz more like Nadal.

 

[accidental]

No. They are completely different individuals with completely different personalities and games to Sampras and Agassi.

 

[Spencer Gore]

You think Fed is better than Sampras? What's your take on this, OP?

Federer is ahead of Sampras on the all-time list, yes.

 

[junior74]

Sean Connery of tennis - not sexy?

 

[canta_Brian]

His father has a full head of hair. So probably not.

I think you’d need to see his maternal grandfather to be safe. Baldness is frequently on the maternal line.