I would say probably the favorite in the next 2-3 years. Carlos will pounce if Jannik is sick or injured like in the North America swing this year. Plus he will catch him in indoors eventually, probably in their late 20s.From now until the end of the decade, Sinner will be the favorite to win the ATP Finals.
Well .... This aged as well as a glass of milk left out in the Murcia sunshine ...
DC will be tough for Spain, I think. They have Alcaraz, but Munar and Carreño will probably lose some matches. They have Granollers but no established doubles team in the squad like Germany and Italy. Carlos will have to win all his singles matches, but that alone will not be enough. His teammates will need to step up.
Twisting to make Sinner look worse. The h2h Alcaraz is all over Sinner except (ironically) on grass, which I think is coincidental with a sample of 2 matches (and one being in 2022 when Alcaraz was 19).
“Will” is a strong word. His game is not suited indoors. You have players like Mensik and Draper who could probably have a greater affinity for the surface
Carlos will win a couple of WTF , maybe a 2-3 in his late 20s. He is too god and the players from 3 to 20th in the world suck except Novak who is probably ending his career at the end of 2026.
That’s what you think. Sinner will always be the favorite infront of Turin. And a developed Mensik will pose a serious problem
You have to calculate injuries, sickness and the improvement of Carlos in the next 5 years.
And what about Sinner? At least have some tact. You don’t think he won’t improve further?
Injured, tired, first match after comeback, bad luck (FO), too much pressure/opponent in the zone (USO) etc. etc. etc. There's so many excuses you can use before it starts to get funny. Not 7 losses across different venues. This isn't Fed-Nadal with 75% of the matches being on clay. It was 4-0 on HC alone before yesterday. There's no excuse for that. It's still like 7-3 on HC for Alcaraz overall and 2-0 in HC Slams. Let Sinner win 2 or 3 more matches and make the h2h look respectable before giving him credit for no reason other than his extraordinary consistency in beating mediocre players at best.
What is he gonna do? Hit the ball harder?
Mensik has a club level second serve
Mensik forehand Is worse than Musetti
After Turin final, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have played 3,302 points over the course of their rivalry.
Man talk about pulling stats out of your you know what. Fed won more points than Djokovic in the 2019 WImbledon final. Give him the trophy.
Serve percentage could and should rise a lot. 40 something first serve is bad by any means.
Don’t reply to him. He’s a waste of time. At least you’ve learnt and you are forgiven.
Yes.
YES! This angle was great at these finals. It's usually nice to see, but it was particularly good at this venue, and with Alcaraz and Sinner it was absolutely fascinating to watch. It really does give you a much different and better understanding of how they are really playing.
Alky's a dork, he can't help it. Good tennis player though
I think he'll want to make a statement at AO for sure, to show this YEC win was not a fluke. Hopefully we'll see
You see him defending it? I’m worried about the heat mainly for Sinner
If I had to bet (I don't) it would probably be on Carrot repeating at AO, if he and Alky make the final.
I wonder why they didn't use the time during his ban to improve his serve. Or maybe they worked on it but to no avail? Really disappointing to see these sub-"Sonic" serve performances again and again.
I think Carrot doesn't really have the legs to be a high-level, consistently dangerous server.
If he falls to heat one more time, especially in a final against Raz, I'm going to lose my mind.
Alcaraz held set point in a 79-minute first set before dropping it in a tiebreak, and led by a break in the second set before ultimately falling 7-5 while dealing with an injury. He definitely had a chance to win.
I'm not asking for 240 km/h blasts. But hitting more consistently 60+ % 1st serves ought to be doable. And never ever below say 55%. Just a bit of the robotic excellence the carrot is known for. Something is seriously wrong with his serve. Technically one can dissect every miniscule detail of his serve action incl. the ball toss, you can hire experts in biophysics, you can employ an AI for further analysis etc., etc. - I really would like to know how the carrot and his team are going to address this issue. Or is it a mental blockade?
Sinner won't be playing much during the day, and if he does have a day match in genuinely hot weather they'll close the roof and set the temperature for 25 degrees Celsius. Unless even a warm night is too much for him it shouldn't be an issue.
Sinner has long legs and arms , he will put to much stress on them. Alcaraz will pounce when that happens .
Be carefull bcz Carlos dense muscules are more prone to injuries in the long term especially whit hes insane speed and leg overload in hes FHSinner has long legs and arms , he will put to much stress on them. Alcaraz will pounce when that happens .
Who knows, they can both win 20 slams .
He is , but he will probably win of couple of WTF titles before his body starts to brake down . Olympic 2028 will be the real test for him.
Yah man, agree this assessment. Close, but Jannik managed to convert his chances better.
His game isn't suited for indoors?? He made the ATP final and could have just as easily have won the match given how close it was(He had set points in the first set) . He dominated Sinner at the US open when the roof was closed in the final, and he won an indoor title at Rotterdam earlier in the year.
How many match points (already up a break in the decider) did Sinner have against the "clay king" at the French?
Sinner will, but Alcaraz more likely has more to improve given the age of both players. Sinner already now is in that typical age of a tennis players prime(24-27). 22 is not typically any players prime. But both players will make each other better.
You do realize Alcaraz is an early bloomer as opposed to a later one?
Sinner being a later bloomer and Alcaraz being an early bloomer doesn't mean Alcaraz is done developing or is in his prime yet. Yes Sinner has improved a lot since 2022 because at the end of 2022 he was ranked 15th in the world and not even in the discussion for best player in the world.
Yeah sorry 21, I had in my mind when he beat Sampras at 19 it was the Wimbledon final but it was not.
