Alcaraz A game is better than Sinners A game on every surface. When he plays his best he is unbeatable.
Is it HC? Hardcourt used to be fast, now its just hard clay, of course Alcaraz is going to feast.
Ashe court and Laver Arena are slow and clay copycat charateristics. This is not even fun anymore.
The strange thing about this h2h is that Sinner did better before becoming Sinner 2.0.
I think Sinner's early advantage may have just been down to Alcaraz's age, tbh. Except maybe the Wimbledon match. I always felt like that was a sign of things to come there. But yes, agreed, I think the key difference between them really is, as Alcaraz says, corazon y cojones.
I think Sinner could rush him. Take away Carlos' creativity and ability to be the offensive. And on some days and some courts, he still can
Like at Wimbledon
When the two meet on HC, chances are Alcaraz will win. I put his chances at 70%.
So far yes
I don't like the U.S hardcourts for Sinner. He needs the bounce to be as low as possible to impose his game
Why though? He's tall, and he can hit the ball well at any height. He's also already won the US open. Sinner also is good on all surfaces. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Who win's the match between the two really doesn't have much to do with the surface and more to do with the level each player finds on the day they play each other. Both are all surface players. Alcaraz's statistically best surfaces are clay/grass, but as he's shown he can also be amazing on a hard court.
I am surprised you haven't crowned Sinner to win the next 4 slams yet, I give it a week
nah I genuinely dont think he's ready for RG. needs a big title on clay first
he was much inferior against the field on all surfaces except clay of course. that is more important than head to head, nadal wasnt good enough to reach a hard court slam final for more than 3 and a half years after his first french open win.
Yep been saying this too
Sinner likes to hit the ball relatively lower, between knee and hip height
AO and Wimbledon will be his 2 most successful slams
Agree with this
I still believe you will change that tune in the very near future, it at the very least before FO (he should have won in 4 in 25, hardly didn't train beforehand and all that)
Very well put. I'd just add that Carlos' base/floor has risen in the last 9 months. So even on a bad day he gives you a B+ performances.
Yes this is why I say Alcaraz is still to peak as clearly as he matures that B game will improve alot
There is some truth I think (and I was only one who called it as a possibility) that Sinner tanked v Djokovic to avoid Alcaraz given the form Alcaraz was showing this event
They played twice at Wimbledon, Sinner won both. Wimbledon is the only slam surface he won vs Alcaraz.
Or at all the big indoor tournaments they played, YEC and two times at the Saudi invitational, which should be counted as the official matches since they both took it seriously.
He wasn't obviously because then why would you create millions of BPs?!
Also no young ATG wanna lose to a 39 year old player smack in the middle of his prime.
In hindsight it's very amusing that the general response during the 5th set of Alcaraz Zverev was that Sinner would be destroying the winner in the final. How little we knew...
I wasn't convinced by sinner's level the whole tournament , I was waiting for him to face carlos in the final. Was I shocked that he lost to Novak ? yes. Did i think he'd beat carlos in an eventual final after seing him play? not so sure...
