Djokovic looks to be a cut above Alcaraz and Sinner .... I feel they don't stand a chance against him

Who will win the Australian Open 2024 based on your current observation ?????

  • Djokovic will definitely win the Aus Open quite easily bar any serious injury

    Votes: 29 40.8%

  • Alcaraz will win the title ..... he is looking really good

    Votes: 5 7.0%

  • Sinner 2.0 will beat Djokovic and then Alcaraz back to back.

    Votes: 21 29.6%

  • Sinner will beat Djokovic but Alcaraz will beat Sinner

    Votes: 13 18.3%

  • A Dark Horse will win this Title [ Mention the name in comments ]

    Votes: 3 4.2%
  • Total voters
    71
I didn't watch Djoko play vs. Etcheverry, but I did watch Sinner absolutely demolish Baez, and I find it hard to believe that Novak displayed some imperious form that was a cut above Sinner's.

Obviously he is the big favourite for the tournament but Sinner has been playing the best HC tennis I've ever seen from him.
 
nolefam_2024 said:
You mean in Australia right. I mean in entire year. He is just now reaching Djokovic 2008 level. 2 years later than Djokovic.
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Oh you mean overall? Maybe but it's kind of early to say. He's got to perform and win big this year to reach that though. Djokovic had already made a Slam final before 2008 and won 2 Masters.
 


a gentle reminder for anyone who thinks sinner will do anything to worry djokovic this tournament... one in which he is better than at wimbledon.
 
Kralingen said:
I didn't watch Djoko play vs. Etcheverry, but I did watch Sinner absolutely demolish Baez, and I find it hard to believe that Novak displayed some imperious form that was a cut above Sinner's.

Obviously he is the big favourite for the tournament but Sinner has been playing the best HC tennis I've ever seen from him.
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Baez is 5 foot 7 clay courter.
 
messiahrobins said:
Tsitsipas, and incannot believe im sayimg this tbh, is goimg to be a problem for djokovic. Didnt think he would make 2nd week but he looks slimmer and fitter.
Sinner will be in the final. He has to be as if he doesnt make the final here hw womt win a slam as it would show he just lacks the mentality to make the next step.
Zverev should come through bottom half
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LOL Tsitsipas beat Djokovic on slow hard at the Australian? This is comical. There is a better chance that Federer comes out of retirement and wins Wimbledon. Tsitsipas' backhand will be butchered. You should be banned from this board for this kind of prediction.
 
Today’s level of Djokovic is good enough to win this trophy.

Sorry, other fans - but that is the truth. It might turn into a straight forward affair in later rounds.

Also don’t read into BO3 results for slam results. Different game altogether. Energy conservation is a biggggg part of the game in bo5. And lot more tactics come into play.

One brand of tennis of just ball bashing won’t work for 5 sets. Alcaraz still has a chance because he has multiple layers to his game. Sinner sadly not there yet.
 
Kralingen said:
I didn't watch Djoko play vs. Etcheverry, but I did watch Sinner absolutely demolish Baez, and I find it hard to believe that Novak displayed some imperious form that was a cut above Sinner's.

Obviously he is the big favourite for the tournament but Sinner has been playing the best HC tennis I've ever seen from him.
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All I can tell you is remember the hype before the 2021 AO F.
 
Hitman said:
Bud your statement is completely off. Wilander has 8 slams and only player in 80s to have a three slam year. Saying he is not on their level is just false, if he had two or three slams, sure, not 8 in a super tough era. He was super young when won RG.

This slam is not make or break, Sinner will win slams. Alcaraz will not win them all. Even then Sinner handles him very well.

It is not doom or gloom for Sinner. He can win this slam, even if he does not, he will be winning.
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Close, but he actually has 7 majors
 
Standaa said:
there’s like a 10 % chance Djoker bags more AOs than Nadal FOs. And I’m being serious.
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24 and 25 are locks so that's 12 and takes him to 39. i think he will be a contender until he is 44/45 so there's a good chance he matches 14 at least.
 
fedfan24 said:
his draw has already fell apart... could've had murray then stan/shelton... instead some random mug then mannarino (mug). any money it's fritz then rublev for QF/SF too. ideally tsitipas then sinner.
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How are these opponents tougher than the ones he’s facing. Be real if they can’t make it to Djokovic they aren’t tough.

Washed up Murray and wawrinka are no threat to Novak and haven’t been for years. They can’t even beat low ranked players now. Shelton is a power hitter but just ball bashes and makes too many mistakes.

None of these guys were even a tiny threat! Lol
 
dking68 said:
Nah. I’m sure sinner will win over 80% of his matches this year. Nole didn’t do that in 2008. That’s why I think he’s 2013 level
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Sinner after USOpen 2023 was at lowly 73%. He is nowhere close to where GOAT is on clay as well. Djokovic won Rome and reached RG semis.
 
to me sinner is in the best form, next alcaraz and next djokovic, doesnt mean that the odds are proportional to the form tough, sinner plan A looks the strongest, but i need proofs that he can adapt his gamestyle in a 5 setter against novak when the situation is bad, but this could very well be his first slam, i wouldnt be surprised, about novak theres nothing to say, the form will get better each round and its difficult to visualize him losing in latter rounds here, alcaraz can pull the magic, he for sure can win this, but he will have to bring his best self and improve each round too, this 3 guys can gives us great matches this tournament, this is not bad at all for starting the season.
 
The fact is the draws usually to the semis mean little for these top guys. If Djokovic, Alcaraz, Sinner and meddy on HC’s are all in form they should make the final 4.

They appear right now a cut above the others. Therefore, no matter what draw you give these guys currently they are the favourites to make it through until they face each other.

Zverev or Tsitsipas could maybe spoil that party but they up and down at moment. Zverev still trying to get back to top form after long bad injury. Tsitsipas was one of the top 4 at one point but he’s went off and had back issues.

Other players like rublev, ADM, hurkacz, dimitrov can be dangerous but you still fancy the top 4 over any of them.

Meddy probably got the hardest draw having Dimi in his quarter. That’s tough on current form but Dimi still a choker under pressure.
 
TheSlicer said:
to me sinner is in the best form, next alcaraz and next djokovic, doesnt mean that the odds are proportional to the form tough, sinner plan A looks the strongest, but i need proofs that he can adapt his gamestyle in a 5 setter against novak when the situation is bad, but this could very well be his first slam, i wouldnt be surprised, about novak theres nothing to say, the form will get better each round and its difficult to visualize him losing in latter rounds here, alcaraz can pull the magic, he for sure can win this, but he will have to bring his best self and improve each round too, this 3 guys can gives us great matches this tournament, this is not bad at all for starting the season.
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Don’t forget Med. Could definitely see a scenario where he feasts on the exhausted winner of Sinner-Djokovic. (Though he hasn’t looked great yet, so would need to whip his game into shape before the semis, probably.)
 
tudwell said:
Don’t forget Med. Could definitely see a scenario where he feasts on the exhausted winner of Sinner-Djokovic. (Though he hasn’t looked great yet, so would need to whip his game into shape before the semis, probably.)
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After seeing the black magic of the Ruusuvuori match/titanic choke job, I’m convinced Medvedev will come from a set down every single match in the most infuriating way possible.
 
I think it would be great for tennis in general if someone else managed to win it, but I can't really see it happening at the moment.
Djokovic just seems on another level than everyone else to me.

Hopefully Alcaraz, Sinner and the others can muster up some magic.
 
nolefam_2024 said:
I don't have sinner on 3 masters. Agree to disagree.
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If Someone like Medvedev can win 2 masters in 2019 and he was nowhere as good as Sinner 2024, I’m sure Sinner will win 3. Added to the fact that Nole doesn’t care about the Masters Series. The only person who can compete with him at the masters level is Alcaraz. And he’s the best hard courter behind Nole atm, Nole will be 37 soon, sinner is dominating.
 
dking68 said:
If Someone like Medvedev can win 2 masters in 2019 and he was nowhere as good as Sinner 2024, I’m sure Sinner will win 3. Added to the fact that Nole doesn’t care about the Masters Series. The only person who can compete with him at the masters level is Alcaraz. And he’s the best hard courter behind Nole atm, Nole will be 37 soon, sinner is dominating.
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All the guys in top 10 will be contenders at masters and BO3 tournament.

Your statement that Carlos is the ONLY guy who can compete with Sinner is blatantly false. But that's your go to move right now. Tsitsipas Medvedev Zverev will NEVER beat Sinner again. Dude these are the guys who have stopped Sinner even in BO5. And not too long ago.
 
nolefam_2024 said:
All the guys in top 10 will be contenders at masters and BO3 tournament.

Your statement that Carlos is the ONLY guy who can compete with Sinner is blatantly false. But that's your go to move right now. Tsitsipas Medvedev Zverev will NEVER beat Sinner again. Dude these are the guys who has stopped Sinner even in BO5. And not too long ago.
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If Sinner beats Nole next week, which I think he will, mark my words. Those 3 losers will be lucky to get a set from sinner. I don’t see any of them beating him again.
 
dking68 said:
If Sinner beats Nole next week, which I think he will, mark my words. Those 3 losers will be lucky to get a set from sinner. I don’t see any of them beating him again.
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Man one thing is to be in the form of your life and another to keep It for ever, even if he wins this slam you think hes gonna keep the form trough the Clay season and into the grass season? Thats a bit of a stretch, sure he has made a Big jump in quality but suddenly to be as dominant is a very optimistic tought, doesnt mean that its imposible, but you are saying he could only lose to Alcaraz then, so what, he is gonna finish the season like 80-2 or something like that? I dont think so... Still, i think if he keeps improving trought the season, hes gonna have a shot at number 1, but lets see if he can win this tournament first, he is in the form of his life, if he doesnt win here we Will still need proofs before thinking of him as a real contender for every title
 
One thing that i still need to see from sinner is winning when playing bad, thats something Alcaraz has done time and time again and has kept him alive trough difficult rounds where he was off and gave him the chance to be better the Next rounds, thats why he has so many titles
 
TheSlicer said:
Man one thing is to be in the form of your life and another to keep It for ever, even if he wins this slam you think hes gonna keep the form trough the Clay season and into the grass season? Thats a bit of a stretch, sure he has made a Big jump in quality but suddenly to be as dominant is a very optimistic tought, doesnt mean that its imposible, but you are saying he could only lose to Alcaraz then, so what, he is gonna finish the season like 80-2 or something like that? I dont think so... Still, i think if he keeps improving trought the season, hes gonna have a shot at number 1, but lets see if he can win this tournament first, he is in the form of his life, if he doesnt win here we Will still need proofs before thinking of him as a real contender for every title
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I agree as well. But the thing about Sinner which I like most about him, he’s always aiming to improve and impress only himself. He’s never satisfied. When I saw him lose to Nadal in Rome in 2021 and didn’t look into his eye across the net, he was disappointed. He’s a champion, a winner, a multiple major winner. Look at his post match interviews, he looks refreshed, ready to beat Nole. I say he beats him next week.
 
Disagree Djo looks any better than others considering his opponents also compared to others. I think Ruud actually looks as sharp as anyone at the moment, but Sinner is making his moves and Alcz is always a threat.

And I will throw in my favorite Dark Horse Dimitrov as usual, quietly working in the background.

The outlier Mannarino doh...AO champion would be nucking futz!
 
dking68 said:
I agree as well. But the thing about Sinner which I like most about him, he’s always aiming to improve and impress only himself. He’s never satisfied. When I saw him lose to Nadal in Rome in 2021 and didn’t look into his eye across the net, he was disappointed. He’s a champion, a winner, a multiple major winner. Look at his post match interviews, he looks refreshed, ready to beat Nole. I say he beats him next week.
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Sure he has the attitude and work ethic, and he is rounding his game which was the main thing to do in my opinión, he has really focused on that, the reasonable opinion i think is that he is gonna need a little more time to figure how to win ugly constantly, not only when he is unplayable, but you never know, it could happen in a short time or never happen, the best for me as a fan would be that 3 or 4 players share more or less the same level and share the titles, you know, so we can get some epic finals and its not too one sided.
 
messiahrobins said:
Professional sport is brutal. I dont buy into this gradual improvement stuff for wannabee atgs. All the atgs made a big impact quickly.
Alcaraz is different gravy for that reason. Sinner already way behind alcaraz career wise. He needa tommake the final and if i were his coach id be telling him exactly that. Id be alos telling him to get a bit more nasty on court. More stare downs of ths opponent. More fist pumps.
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Sinner's game is a problem for alcaraz. He takes time away from raz with fast heavy groundies and has better returns and rally tolerance. Sinner actually should have won their uso '22 match if not for serving issues which he's since fixed. You can see sinners improvements with his wins last fall including over med.

The problem for Sinner though is Novak thrives against his kind of one paced game. Wrist, hip or ab issues, Novak's winning this unless he can be dragged into consecutive 5 setters.
 
sportsfan1 said:
Sinner's game is a problem for alcaraz. He takes time away from raz with fast heavy groundies and has better returns and rally tolerance. Sinner actually should have won their uso '22 match if not for serving issues which he's since fixed. You can see sinners improvements with his wins last fall including over med.

The problem for Sinner though is Novak thrives against his kind of one paced game. Wrist, hip or ab issues, Novak's winning this unless he can be dragged into consecutive 5 setters.
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Carlos has improved too since that match, should have would have... Doesnt work, also sinner has had problems with a lot of players that Alcaraz didnt, so its not only novak or Carlos that have kept him away from titles.
 
StrongRule said:
Tell us something we don't know. Everyone knows that these overhyped next gen players have no chance against a 36 years old. Asterisk era somehow keeps getting even worse, just when you think there is nowhere to go down anymore.
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once Djokovic retires everyone will say the weak era is over since there wont be any good players left to show the contrast
 
pirhaksar said:
Tsitsipas is really onto something here. I read someone say he looked terrible in the charity match, has back issues and was on the way out in R1, ppl were joking in the singles thread when the match was on. This is an interesting development for him. Can he create an upset or two when there’s no expectation for/from him!?
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With that flimsy backhand of his?
:rolleyes:
 
Hitman said:
This is false. Agassi lost three finals in a row and wasn't until he was 22 that he won a slam. Lendl lost his first four and won his first slam late also. So, no.
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Federer didn't win until almost 22 and has been raked over the coals as a mug for it. Djoko, a true dominator, won at 20. Rafa at 19. The true greats don't wait, no?
 
I voted dark horse and will go on a limb here for Grigor - he plays the best tennis of his life and I like his chances against Med and Carlos (Grigor won convincingly last matches against both at the end of the last season).
 
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