Carlostrophobia

[KevinDouglas]

Jannik Sinner – the guy who can beat anyone… except Carlos Alcaraz. Every Slam final tells the same story: the moment he sees Carlitos across the net, Sinner’s forehand becomes a frisbee and his nerves turn into spaghetti.

At this point it’s not a rivalry, it’s a medical condition: Carlostrophobia – the fear of Carlos Alcaraz.

 

[tennisjedi]

Sinner also has Panachephobia.

 

[SonnyT]

Alcaraz has 4 slams in which he defeated Sinner and has gone on to titles: 2 US and 2 RG!

Sinner has 1 slam in which he did likewise: the WB match!

Alcaraz likes the Sinner match-up; Sinner hates it!

 

[MeatTornado]

I guess we'll just ignore the previous major.

Wimbledon was so July. Ancient history, really.

 

[ChrisJR3264]

I guess we'll just ignore the previous major.

Wimbledon was so July. Ancient history, really.

Don’t ignore it. But some folks on here said Carlos was buried and sinner would dominate the H2H bc sinner figured Carlos out.

Since the Wimbledon final, Carlos dominated Cincinnati and USO.

Sinner got the Wimbledon final win against him, but I don’t think he figured him out to dominate him. Not at all. It’s still been 2 years since he beat him on a hard court.

 

[langley]

I’m glad Carlos has dethroned the doper, who never deserved to be #1 anyway.

 

[Bartelby]

Sinner has been carlostrated, so it's worse than you think!

 

[4UTRMoutet]

Sinner is no mental midget (arguably the best mental strength out there right now) but every time he faces Carlos his h2h mentality pops up and he crashes out. Wimbledon only happened because he was on a revenge arc.

 

[langley]

Sinner has been carlostrated, so it's worse than you think!

Believe me, sinner took care of that himself by shrinking his cojones. He’s most likely destroyed his natural testosterone production.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Sinner also has Panachephobia.

Exactly lol this is the real problem

 

[jackson vile]

I guess so

 

[Mainad]

Jannik Sinner – the guy who can beat anyone… except Carlos Alcaraz. Every Slam final tells the same story: the moment he sees Carlitos across the net, Sinner’s forehand becomes a frisbee and his nerves turn into spaghetti.

At this point it’s not a rivalry, it’s a medical condition: Carlostrophobia – the fear of Carlos Alcaraz.

Steady on, he did beat him in the Wimby final.

 

[smoledman]

At this point Sinner has nightmares about Carlos.

 

[MeatTornado]

Since the Wimbledon final, Carlos dominated Cincinnati and USO.

C'mon man, you can't put Cincy in there with a straight face.

Sinner proved he caught up on clay and he stole Wimbledon from him. The reactions were reasonable. Carlos hadn't won a HC major in 3 years, so he had to prove he could do. And good for him, this was probably his best slam run ever. Now we can recalibrate expectations again.

All 4 majors are open season for the 2 of them.

 

[langley]

C'mon man, you can't put Cincy in there with a straight face.

Sinner proved he caught up on clay and he stole Wimbledon from him. The reactions were reasonable. Carlos hadn't won a HC major in 3 years, so he had to prove he could do. And good for him, this was probably his best slam run ever. No we can recalibrate expectations again.

sinner was a little bish who couldn’t take the heat in cincy.

 

[MichaelNadal]

At this point Sinner has nightmares about Carlos.

 

[KevinDouglas]

After that final, forget it—Sinner’s never beating Alcaraz again. The guy’s just doomed to be background music for the greatness of Alcaraz.

 

[Spielgame]

I'm more scared of the orange wigs lol

 

[RaulRamirez]

Jannik Sinner – the guy who can beat anyone… except Carlos Alcaraz. Every Slam final tells the same story: the moment he sees Carlitos across the net, Sinner’s forehand becomes a frisbee and his nerves turn into spaghetti.

At this point it’s not a rivalry, it’s a medical condition: Carlostrophobia – the fear of Carlos Alcaraz.

So, do you cure this condition with .....
....Carlostebol?

 

[ChrisJR3264]

I'm more scared of the orange wigs lol

Wonder if a bottle of clostebol comes with ?

 

[Mark Anderson]

I guess we'll just ignore the previous major.

Wimbledon was so July. Ancient history, really.

I guess we'll just ignore the previous major.

Wimbledon was so July. Ancient history, really.

If Alcaraz , who was playing B ball, had won the game in the fourth set where he had A couple of breaks, he could have turned it around. Everyone referred to that as A comfortable win. The US Open was A breeze.

 

[ChaelAZ]

Nothing new. There are plenty of instances of mental baggage playing certain players that cause issues. Sinner certainly plays Alcaraz better than almost everyone, but still knows he has to be spot on or Alcraz will continue play. That alone causes errors.

 

[Mainad]

I'm more scared of the orange wigs lol

They're almost the same colour as the President's face!

 

[manley0702]

All 4 majors are open season for the 2 of them.

Technically, that's true, but at this point, they're more open for Alcaraz than for Sinner if they both reach the final. 7 wins in the last 8 matches can't be ignored.

 

[MeatTornado]

Technically, that's true, but at this point, they're more open for Alcaraz than for Sinner if they both reach the final. 7 wins in the last 8 matches can't be ignored.

I still don't believe that Alcaraz is actually that much better than Sinner. There's a lot of heavy lifting being done in that 7/8 by Sinner showing up at Alcaraz's best events while Carlos didn't return the favor at a lot of Sinner's best. Like I have no doubt that Sinner would've beaten Alcaraz if they met at any point during last year's NA HC swing, the indoor season or this year's Australian Open.

Sinner played a poor match on Sunday and Carlos was great. No doubt about that. But Sinner just beat him pretty routinely at Wimbledon after having MPs on the clay of RG. He's clearly right there with him.

 

[MurraysMetalHip]

Sinner is a slightly less talented version of Kevin Anderson.

 

[Mainad]

Sinner is a slightly less talented version of Kevin Anderson.

Now now, no need for that.

 

[SpinByHead]

We totally needed another one of these threads.

 

[TearTheRoofOff]

I guess we'll just ignore the previous major.

Wimbledon was so July. Ancient history, really.

This post is so yesterday. Get with the times, old man.

 

[langley]

I still don't believe that Alcaraz is actually that much better than Sinner. There's a lot of heavy lifting being done in that 7/8 by Sinner showing up at Alcaraz's best events while Carlos didn't return the favor at a lot of Sinner's best. Like I have no doubt that Sinner would've beaten Alcaraz if they met at any point during last year's NA HC swing, the indoor season or this year's Australian Open.

Sinner played a poor match on Sunday and Carlos was great. No doubt about that. But Sinner just beat him pretty routinely at Wimbledon after having MPs on the clay of RG. He's clearly right there with him.

he doesn’t have to be “that much better”. One might only be 2% better than someone else but because of that 2% they win the matchup 80% of the time. That’s how it works.

I’m probably 5% better than my friend at tennis but he rarely wins the match we play every week.

 

[Krish872007]

Steady on, he did beat him in the Wimby final.

A convincing, and significant win as well. It meant that they split the last 8 Slams equally between them and Sinner's pace of wins stayed high.
A loss would have meant going 0-4 in Slams against Alcaraz and 0-8 overall across all surfaces AFTER hitting Slam winning form in January 2024!

 

[Windsor2]

Couldn't it be that Alcaraz is so much better than all the rest of players?

 

[StrongRule]

I guess we'll just ignore the previous major.

Wimbledon was so July. Ancient history, really.

Dude, this starts feeling like Djokovic fans massively hyping Tsitsipas, because you know, in like 5000 attempts he did get 2 wins over top players.

The head to head in the last two years is now 7-1, and a big part of that was Sinner being mentally weak. That includes the biggest choke in history. Sinner clearly has a big mental block in this matchup, and one win doesn't change that. He has a lot to prove now.

 

[MichaelNadal]

Couldn't it be that Alcaraz is so much better than all the rest of players?

Imagine being as great as he is AND hitting with panache. Insane lol

 

[Windsor2]

Lol he was hitting with plenty of panache on Sunday..

 

[manley0702]

I still don't believe that Alcaraz is actually that much better than Sinner. There's a lot of heavy lifting being done in that 7/8 by Sinner showing up at Alcaraz's best events while Carlos didn't return the favor at a lot of Sinner's best. Like I have no doubt that Sinner would've beaten Alcaraz if they met at any point during last year's NA HC swing, the indoor season or this year's Australian Open.

Sinner played a poor match on Sunday and Carlos was great. No doubt about that. But Sinner just beat him pretty routinely at Wimbledon after having MPs on the clay of RG. He's clearly right there with him.

I don't think Alcaraz is that much better than Sinner either; he's just a little better. That's all I'm saying. It's difficult to say that Alcaraz isn't "showing up" though. It's not like all their matches are on clay. Alcaraz beat him at IW, USO, and Beijing. None of those should favor Alcaraz if they're equal players.

 

[travlerajm]

Sinner is a slightly less talented version of Kevin Anderson.

Imagine what the 6’8” Kandy man could have accomplished with a better masseuse?

 

[MeatTornado]

I don't think Alcaraz is that much better than Sinner either; he's just a little better. That's all I'm saying. It's difficult to say that Alcaraz isn't "showing up" though. It's not like all their matches are on clay. Alcaraz beat him at IW, USO, and Beijing. None of those should favor Alcaraz if they're equal players.

USO and Beijing, sure. But Indian Wells? That court is basically tailor made for Alcaraz. That's not a Sinner court at all.

 

[KennyoFatoBoiyo]

I don't think enough of you understand the improvements Carlos has made on his serve over the past year has had a direct impact on his performance in 2025 and this matchup. He's also reduced his UE's dramatically as well.
Before Sinner could push back a bit more in matches as he would be seeing a lot more second serves and or bad placement on the serve by Alcaraz, but now Alcaraz is hitting his serve bigger, hitting more 1st serves in, and using better placement on both is 1st and 2nd serves.

This means Carlos is now getting to hit bigger on a lot more of his +1 forehands than he was with his weaker serve, and getting more neutral balls to attack, and he has the best forehand in the world and his backhand is maybe 3rd/4th best.

Just as we started to see Sinner enter a new phase of his career of dominant tennis once he started turning 22/23 I think we are now seeing a new phase of Carlos Alcaraz's career where he is about to enter his prime, and a scary prime it's probably going to be.

He's already got 7 titles on the year including 2 slams and 3 masters and is 4-1 against Sinner this year, beating Sinner on his own favorite surface in a hard court Slam final.

I just think it's Carlos time in tennis for the main spotlight as the worlds best player.

 

[insideoutforehanders]

Alcaraz also has Djokophobia. There is no logical reason for him to lose to an old Djokovic as often as he has the last 2 years atleast. And Djokovic might have a bit of Sinnerphobia. Sinner is currently a better player than a way past his prime Djokovic, but Djokovic even today should be able to get atleast a set in a best of 5 on clay for instance, and isn't even able to do that and looks defeated before the matches. So all of the current Big 3 have a phobia, Sinner's is Alcaraz.

 

[langley]

Alcaraz also has Djokophobia. There is no logical reason for him to lose to an old Djokovic as often as he has the last 2 years atleast. And Djokovic might have a bit of Sinnerphobia. Sinner is currently a better player than a way past his prime Djokovic, but Djokovic even today should be able to get atleast a set in a best of 5 on clay for instance, and isn't even able to do that and looks defeated before the matches. So all of the current Big 3 have a phobia, Sinner's is Alcaraz.

doesn’t look like Alcaraz has it anymore

 

[Carey]

So, do you cure this condition with .....
....Carlostebol?

lol that is a good one

 

[platypus50]

Sinner's balls just shrink whenever he sees Alcaraz on the other side of the net, 7-1 to Alcaraz since the start of 2024 is solid proof of that.

Loved watching Federer but whenever he saw Nadal on the other side of the net (2005-2014), his balls shrunk and he became a mental midget who would spray UEs at will and mentally implode

The power of the Spanish

 

[ALCARAZWON]

Sinner's balls just shrink whenever he sees Alcaraz on the other side of the net, 7-1 to Alcaraz since the start of 2024 is solid proof of that.

Loved watching Federer but whenever he saw Nadal on the other side of the net (2005-2014), his balls shrunk and he became a mental midget who would spray UEs at will and mentally implode

The power of the Spanish

And when Federer finally turned it around at 2017 AO, he very nearly lost that too, as Nadal was up a break in the 5th Set

And I remember after Nadal lost the 1st Set, suddenly Federer was shanking the ball everywhere and even when Federer had a short ball to put-away on the service box he hit the ball way out of the court!

That was definitely mental, and Nadal very nearly had 4-0 h2h vs. Federer at the AO, but somehow Federer became a mental giant late in the 5th Set and hit aggressive backhands for cold winners...

And I remember when Nadal went up a break in the 5th Set, just after Nadal won the point to get that break his entourage started leaping up to celebrate and then ONE person in that entourage quickly told them not to celebrate (probably remembering 2012 AO when Nadal was up a break in the 5th Set vs. Djokovic, and lost).

 

[langley]

Sinner's balls just shrink whenever he sees Alcaraz on the other side of the net

which is saying something because they’re already shrunk so much from the roids