Roland Garros 2024 F: [4] Alexander Zverev vs. [3] Carlos Alcaraz

[Deleted member 810491]

And now to really start an argument, you could say that all 3 of Carlos' slams were courtesy of players choking away matches to him. Sinner had a lead on him in the USO (and that was the match where Carlos maintained his level for the longest period, thanks to being so young and new), Djokovic choked on some key points in Wimbledon, and Zverev did what we all just saw him do. That doesn't take anything away from Alcaraz's wins, but I do think it shows that he isn't this unstoppable highlight machine in every set of every match. And the older he gets, the harder it will be to maintain that level on a consistent basis.

No coincidence that Alcaraz is 11-1 in 5-setters.
If you want to beat Alcaraz, take advantage of his lapses in the first 4 sets - lapses which are common for a 21-year-old - because you won't get a lapse in the 5th.
Then be grateful that Alcaraz hasn't matured yet... and has ONLY won 3/4 of the Career Grand Slam.
Really Alcaraz has A LOT more upside and potential than the already disciplined and mature Sinner, plus I don't trust Sinner's toothpick legs, which look like an injury waiting to happen.
Interestingly Sinner has only made ONE slam final, despite being more disciplined and mature (and almost 2 years older) than Alcaraz, and Sinner won the AO with Djok's worst, and Med's fatigue.
Crazy that the inexperienced Alcaraz (with just SIX matches of grasscourt experience before 2023) beat Djokovic in a Wimbledon Final, which I seriously doubt anyone else will ever do...

 

[robyrolfo]

No coincidence that Alcaraz is 11-1 in 5-setters.
If you want to beat Alcaraz, take advantage of his lapses in the first 4 sets - lapses which are common for a 21-year-old - because you won't get a lapse in the 5th.
Then be grateful that Alcaraz hasn't matured yet... and has ONLY won 3/4 of the Career Grand Slam.
Really Alcaraz has A LOT more upside and potential than the already disciplined and mature Sinner, plus I don't trust Sinner's toothpick legs, which look like an injury waiting to happen.
Interestingly Sinner has only made ONE slam final, despite being more disciplined and mature (and almost 2 years older) than Alcaraz, and Sinner won the AO with Djok's worst, and Med's fatigue.
Crazy that the inexperienced Alcaraz (with just SIX matches of grasscourt experience before 2023) beat Djokovic in a Wimbledon Final, which I seriously doubt anyone else will ever do...

Honestly, you write some seriously ridiculous sh--t.

No coincidence because he dopes? Are you accusing Alcaraz of doping? That's actually not THAT ridiculous...

Alcaraz not mature but Sinner is? Ha, OK, whatever.

And no lapse from Alacaraz in the 5th? He had NOTHING to do with Zverev missing an easy volley at 40-0, then an overhead (or something similarly easy), then another awful mistake...

 

[Deleted member 810491]

Honestly, you write some seriously ridiculous sh--t.

No coincidence because he dopes? Are you accusing Alcaraz of doping? That's actually not THAT ridiculous...

Alcaraz not mature but Sinner is? Ha, OK, whatever.

And no lapse from Alacaraz in the 5th? He had NOTHING to do with Zverev missing an easy volley at 40-0, then an overhead (or something similarly easy), then another awful mistake...

LOL@doping

Alcaraz is one of the only players we know for certain would never need to dope, because he's always had great stamina.
Nadal also hit the tour with great stamina from day one, so no chance of ever needing to dope.
The dopers are those who struggled with stamina for their first 5 years on tour maybe, and then suddenly have the best endurance on tour.

To say Alcaraz is winning all these 5-setters because of choking, would be suggesting he just happens to be playing against chokers in all those 5-setters (11 of 12).
Nah, its not the opponents, its the fact Alcaraz is ALWAYS able to lift his game in the 5th Set, because Alcaraz is the King of Clutch and loves the pressure like Michael Jordan.

Zverev volleyed poorly throughout the match, not just the 5th Set, so there was no choke.
Zverev is not a good mover in straight lines, he's only a good mover laterally, so play a drop shot and bring him to the net.
Zverev will arrive at the net with poor balance, and his weight transference will be wrong, and he'll never get his feet set during the net exchange.

As for Sinner, his performance is about the same throughout a match, while Alcaraz is more streaky.
So that is why I say Sinner is more mature and disciplined, hence Alcaraz has more upside.
Plus of course Alcaraz takes more risks, and has admitted to playing shots to excite the crowd.

 

[robyrolfo]

blah, blah, blah...

Alcaraz isn't known for his endurance. And there are PED's that help with more than endurance.