Sinner getting a lot of undeserved crap

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Yes, he lost to an old and kinda washed Djokovic. But so did Alcaraz last year, and he got a far bigger pass. Sinner had been dealing with Djokovic very soundly for the past couple of years, not losing matches and not losing sets; he's allowed a slip. It wouldn't be terrible for Djokovic had he lost to Federer at Wimbledon 2019 (even if the age gap is far smaller, so he had more of a justification) because he hadn't lost to him at a slam since 2012, it wouldn't have been terrible had Federer had he lost to Agassi at one of the USOs because he also had been going unbeaten for several matches.

Not only Alcaraz also lost to Djokovic at the AO, it was an injured Djokovic, and against Sinner, it was his best AO match since 2023. Also, Alcaraz lost other big matches to Djokovic, unlike Sinner who had been dealing with him very well. The Olympics final is a match that both would have traded a slam for, if not more.

Sinner had only been losing to Alcaraz or winning the slams since Wimbledon 2024. And he was injured when lost vs Medvedev, he's pretty much winning or losing to Alcaraz since the USO 2023, and now that he lost to someone else it was Djokovic, clearly the best of the rest. Alcaraz had also lost to Djokovic last year, and before that he had a loss to Van de Zandschulp.

Alcaraz has been winning the H2H with Sinner and won the last 2 slams, he's the best in the world right now and rightly so, but Sinner has been unfairly bashed when Alcaraz was in a similar situation and didn't get remotely the same criticism.

Sinner will be eager to change the momentum at RG and Wimbledon. For all the talk about him being a mental midget, he bounced back brilliantly after a heartbreaking defeat last RG in Wimbledon. He will come back very strong in those two slams (and before that as well).
 
Sinner is not really blamed for the loss to Djokovic but for squandering a gazillion BP’s and promptly giving away the 1 time he was down BP.

Sinner is a good front runner and dominator but showing signs of nerves now and it is something that is going to get worse

The way he came back to win Wimb after 3 MP lost in FO was legendary , so hopefully he draws some inspiration from his own stuff of the past
 
Ray Mercer said:
No, he should absolutely be getting crap. He’s in the pinnacle of his career and lost a best of 5 on his best surface to an almost 39 year old player. That is a bad loss. Don’t sugarcoat it.
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Posters aren't simply saying it's a bad loss. They're saying it proves something. Read the many threads.
 
duaneeo said:
Posters aren't simply saying it's a bad loss. They're saying it proves something. Read the many threads.
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It does prove something. It proves he’s overrated. People were talking about him as if he was as good as Peak Federer on hardcourt. You didn’t see an 04,05 or 06 Federer lose to an old Agassi in best of 5. He should have blown away Djokovic. Even his fellow Italian Musetti was beating up on Djokovic.
 
How are we calling Djok "washed" when he's winning sets and matches at grand slams VS the best players since rafa/fed?

The exaggeration of his age all over this forum like he's 90 and wheeled to the court in a chair is just kinda weird. He's still in his 30s and just came within a hair of winning a slam.

Sinner lost to the best tennis player of all time, it did zero damage to his record or image, in losing to Djokovic he joined a list of ATGs.
 
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Yes, he lost to an old and kinda washed Djokovic. But so did Alcaraz last year, and he got a far bigger pass. Sinner had been dealing with Djokovic very soundly for the past couple of years, not losing matches and not losing sets; he's allowed a slip. It wouldn't be terrible for Djokovic had he lost to Federer at Wimbledon 2019 (even if the age gap is far smaller, so he had more of a justification) because he hadn't lost to him at a slam since 2012, it wouldn't have been terrible had Federer had he lost to Agassi at one of the USOs because he also had been going unbeaten for several matches.

Not only Alcaraz also lost to Djokovic at the AO, it was an injured Djokovic, and against Sinner, it was his best AO match since 2023. Also, Alcaraz lost other big matches to Djokovic, unlike Sinner who had been dealing with him very well. The Olympics final is a match that both would have traded a slam for, if not more.

Sinner had only been losing to Alcaraz or winning the slams since Wimbledon 2024. And he was injured when lost vs Medvedev, he's pretty much winning or losing to Alcaraz since the USO 2023, and now that he lost to someone else it was Djokovic, clearly the best of the rest. Alcaraz had also lost to Djokovic last year, and before that he had a loss to Van de Zandschulp.

Alcaraz has been winning the H2H with Sinner and won the last 2 slams, he's the best in the world right now and rightly so, but Sinner has been unfairly bashed when Alcaraz was in a similar situation and didn't get remotely the same criticism.

Sinner will be eager to change the momentum at RG and Wimbledon. For all the talk about him being a mental midget, he bounced back brilliantly after a heartbreaking defeat last RG in Wimbledon. He will come back very strong in those two slams (and before that as well).
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Sinner will be back..he lost to Djokovic as he made the fatal error of thinking about the final, it was obvious as he looked flat. I suspect he thought Zverev was going to take Alcaraz out when Alcaraz was cramping and a break down in the 5th, so seeing his great rival win played on his mind, its not the first time thats happened to a player btw in semi finals of a slam.

The problem for Sinner is he is less mercurial than Alcaraz and not as complete and two years older. Unless he adds more variety to his game he is going to struggle against Alcaraz and be left hoping Alcaraz has an off day, which is going to be a rarity as he starts maturing and hitting his peak. Ive said this now numerous times, but it could become like the Sampras v Courier rivalry 30 years ago. Courier's career stalled as he got frustrated he couldnt deal with Sampras, and of course eventually Agassi became the main rival for Sampras. I could see a similar thing happening here with Musetti actually eventually surpassing Sinner if he sorts his stamina issues out as Musetti is more mercurial than Sinner. Highly unlikely though, but not entirely unrealistic.
 
duaneeo said:
Posters aren't simply saying it's a bad loss. They're saying it proves something. Read the many threads.
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It definitely does prove something.

As many noted, Sinner is yet to win a match over 3 hour 50 minutes. So his stamina is in doubt.
 
PlaysInAviatorShades said:
How are we calling Djok "washed" when he's winning sets and matches at grand slams VS the best players since rafa/fed?

The exaggeration of his age all over this forum like he's 90 and wheeled to the court in a chair is just kinda weird. He's still in his 30s and just came within a hair of winning a slam.

Sinner lost to the best tennis player of all time, it did zero damage to his record or image, in losing to Djokovic he joined a list of ATGs.
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39 is ancient for tennis. What don’t you understand? Losing to a guy on the verge of retirement at your best slam at the pinnacle of your prime is not good. That bum Musetti had Djokovic beat in straights. Djokovic hasn’t sniffed a slam in years. It was a terrible loss.
 
Sinner is an ATG player in the making. But his record in 5-setters is absolutely horrendous. He’s 6-11 lifetime in 5-setters. Worse yet, he’s 1-7 vs top-5 in 5-set matches. If a top player pushes him to the final critical set, then Sinner is going down.

Hopefully, Sinner fixes this. He’s a great player. But if he wants to hang with Alcaraz(15-1 in 5-setters, which includes 6-0 vs top-5 in 5-setters), then he better fix this issue of collapsing in the 5th set.

That said, there is nothing wrong with being the 2nd best player in the world. And Sinner likely isn’t done improving yet. Hopefully, we get back-and-forth chess match between these two players.
 
Alcaraz has less of an excuse than Sinner does. Raz has always historically underperformed at AO and Sinner is two time defending champion. Comparing it to Fedovic at Wimbledon 2019 doesn't make any sense because the age gap just isn't comparable to Sinnkovic.
 
Pheasant said:
Sinner is an ATG player in the making. But his record in 5-setters is absolutely horrendous. He’s 6-11 lifetime in 5-setters. Worse yet, he’s 1-7 vs top-5 in 5-set matches. If a top player pushes him to the final critical set, then Sinner is going down.

Hopefully, Sinner fixes this. He’s a great player. But if he wants to hang with Alcaraz(15-1 in 5-setters, which includes 6-0 vs top-5 in 5-setters), then he better fix this issue of collapsing in the 5th set.

That said, there is nothing wrong with being the 2nd best player in the world. And Sinner likely isn’t done improving yet. Hopefully, we get back-and-forth chess match between these two players.
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Interestingly Federer also had this pattern of coming short in long matches.that Sinner had, but not to that degree

Federer's record in matches that went 3 hours+ until the end of 2007 => 9-10 which is 47% win record
Federer's record in matches that went 3 hours+ from 01 Jan 2008 onwards => 33-22 which is 60% win record

So Federer used to finish off matches swiftly in his peak and used to have a problem in long matches, he worked on his physicality after Nadal started to rise, later Djokovic also started to rise, all this made Federer work on his conditioning more and also on rally tolerance butt too late. That's why I believe he would have benefited if he was born with them, they would have made him more conditioned to baselining early on itself. Being from the SNV era, Federer was at a disadvantage. Sinner should have no such excuse because he is basically from the most evolved era.... So Sinner's problem is a big problem indeed. @Hitman @BorgTheGOAT @TheFifthSet @Rafa4LifeEver @GabeT @NonP


Lew (@junkieballer), @TennisGrandpA & @GoatNo1 will like these numbers, I think they are not aware of this despite digging up all sorts of nonsense stats to make Djokovic look good.
 
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Razer said:
Interestingly Federer also had this pattern of coming short in long matches.that Sinner had, but not to that degree

Federer's record in matches that went 3 hours+ until the end of 2007 => 9-10 which is 47% win record
Federer's record in matches that went 3 hours+ from 01 Jan 2008 onwards => 33-22 which is 60% win record

So Federer used to finish off matches swiftly in his peak and used to have a problem in long matches, he worked on his physicality after Nadal started to rise, later Djokovic also started to rise, all this made Federer work on his physicality. That's why I believe he would have benefited if he was born with them, they would have made him more conditioned to baselining early on itself. Being from the SNV era, Federer was at a disadvantage. Sinner should have no such excuse because he is basically from the most evolved era.... So Sinner's problem is a big problem indeed. @Hitman @BorgTheGOAT @TheFifthSet @Rafa4LifeEver @GabeT @NonP


Lew (@junkieballer), @TennisGrandpA & @GoatNo1 will like these numbers, I think they are not aware of this despite digging up all sorts of nonsense stats to make Djokovic look good.
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Good stats!
 
PlaysInAviatorShades said:
How are we calling Djok "washed" when he's winning sets and matches at grand slams VS the best players since rafa/fed?

The exaggeration of his age all over this forum like he's 90 and wheeled to the court in a chair is just kinda weird. He's still in his 30s and just came within a hair of winning a slam.

Sinner lost to the best tennis player of all time, it did zero damage to his record or image, in losing to Djokovic he joined a list of ATGs.
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Yeah, Novak maybe 38 but fully fit. There’s a reason he is still competing. Plus he believes he can still win majors.
 
I think much of it has to do with the extensive disrespect of the big 3's achievements and ability in the last couple of years. Since Sincaraz emerged, there's been a really crude flippancy in the way some people have sought to dismiss the big 3 or make some overarching point about their place within the supposed evolution of tennis.

The natural reaction to that is to balance it out the other way...undermine everything that Sincaraz achieve.

Alcaraz doesn't bear the brunt of it because he is considered the uber-talented prodigy. Those players tend to be discussed as if they exist in a context outside of time; a bit like the way that Federer is often considered a pure, all-era tennis player, rather than a product of his time like everyone else.

Sinner though represents the heightened version of today's baseline ball-bashing style...in other words, the supposed evolution of tennis. Whereas I don't think people mind the speculation about whether Alcaraz might go down as one of the top 3/5 players of all time, Sinner represents the evolutionist rhetoric. This means that, as a reaction, any defeat of his will be overemphasized on a greater scale to Alcaraz.
 
sinner's loss shows a few things
in five sets, he is more vulnerable than carlos;
he might not lose to djoker if the latter had to play mensik and musetti with 5 sets;
sinner yet to show what he has some new tricks / changes after the 25 uso

he shall get blames coz he shall be able to defeat a 38-old djoker in that 5-set semi
 
Sinner might not have the constitution to play hours in the heat, but judging by Alcaraz's cramping he is not exactly happy in the heat.

Who the hell is?
 
Razer said:
It definitely does prove something.

As many noted, Sinner is yet to win a match over 3 hour 50 minutes. So his stamina is in doubt.
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I'm not referring to questioning his stamina. I'm referring to those saying things like his fake aura has been exposed and he's a poor man's Andy Murray. That is undeserved crap.
 
He barely lost a set to Novak in last two years after entering his prime , lost one match where he was a better player on important stats and lost in 5 after wasting so many bps in match. He doesn’t deserve the hate , one freak loss in 2 years happens.my boy will be back and defend his Wimbledon title.
 
duaneeo said:
I'm not referring to questioning his stamina. I'm referring to those saying things like his fake aura has been exposed and he's a poor man's Andy Murray. That is undeserved crap.
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He plays nothing like Andy Murray. If anything he’s a Djokovic clone. He’s a steady one dimensional baseline machine with solid ground strokes but no variety. He plays slightly more aggressive than Djokovic but has the same boring play style. He’s not anywhere near as entertaining as Alcaraz. I’d say Di Minaur is a poor man’s Andy Murray.
 
Ray Mercer said:
It does prove something. It proves he’s overrated. People were talking about him as if he was as good as Peak Federer on hardcourt. You didn’t see an 04,05 or 06 Federer lose to an old Agassi in best of 5. He should have blown away Djokovic. Even his fellow Italian Musetti was beating up on Djokovic.
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Have to wonder if Musetti has chances vs Sinner now. He had Novak dead to rights on his home court, then Novak beats Sinner…Musetti has to be thinking he could have made the Final without the injury now
 
Rosstour said:
Have to wonder if Musetti has chances vs Sinner now. He had Novak dead to rights on his home court, then Novak beats Sinner…Musetti has to be thinking he could have made the Final without the injury now
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lol don’t make me laugh, Musetti struggles to win a set against Sinner , we need to see it first before we speculate anything.
 
BauerAlmeida said:
Yes, he lost to an old and kinda washed Djokovic. But so did Alcaraz last year, and he got a far bigger pass. Sinner had been dealing with Djokovic very soundly for the past couple of years, not losing matches and not losing sets; he's allowed a slip. It wouldn't be terrible for Djokovic had he lost to Federer at Wimbledon 2019 (even if the age gap is far smaller, so he had more of a justification) because he hadn't lost to him at a slam since 2012, it wouldn't have been terrible had Federer had he lost to Agassi at one of the USOs because he also had been going unbeaten for several matches.

Not only Alcaraz also lost to Djokovic at the AO, it was an injured Djokovic, and against Sinner, it was his best AO match since 2023. Also, Alcaraz lost other big matches to Djokovic, unlike Sinner who had been dealing with him very well. The Olympics final is a match that both would have traded a slam for, if not more.

Sinner had only been losing to Alcaraz or winning the slams since Wimbledon 2024. And he was injured when lost vs Medvedev, he's pretty much winning or losing to Alcaraz since the USO 2023, and now that he lost to someone else it was Djokovic, clearly the best of the rest. Alcaraz had also lost to Djokovic last year, and before that he had a loss to Van de Zandschulp.

Alcaraz has been winning the H2H with Sinner and won the last 2 slams, he's the best in the world right now and rightly so, but Sinner has been unfairly bashed when Alcaraz was in a similar situation and didn't get remotely the same criticism.

Sinner will be eager to change the momentum at RG and Wimbledon. For all the talk about him being a mental midget, he bounced back brilliantly after a heartbreaking defeat last RG in Wimbledon. He will come back very strong in those two slams (and before that as well).
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19-21 year old alcaraz still finding his footing on tour is allowed to lose matches. He is not the same player he was last year IMO. He is approaching his prime now and it started in Monte Carlo last year.

Jannik is about to turn 25?
 
Incognito said:
19-21 year old alcaraz still finding his footing on tour is allowed to lose matches. He is not the same player he was last year IMO. He is approaching his prime now and it started in Monte Carlo last year.

Jannik is about to turn 25?
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Jannik is a late bloomer and he lost his first match to Novak after winning his firsts land totally dominated him. Sinner will be back
 
Novak beating both Alcaraz and Sinner at the Australian Open really just makes me respect him that much more. It doesn’t detract from the legacies of that younger pair – not any more than any loss against a fellow top player does. It’s crazy what Novak’s managed to do at the Australian. He owned his main rivals – 4-1 against Fed, 2-0 against Nadal, 5-0 against Murray. He owned the next wave (meager as it was) and now he’s managed to stay even with the wave after that. 1-1 against both Sinner and Alcaraz. That’s just absurd.
 
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I know he will. He needs to manage his health though. I cannot dislike him even though I support Alcaraz. Sinner seems like a very nice person.
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He is a mental mug though , whenever match goes to 5th set against an ATG player he folds like a cheap suit. How on earth you waste that Many bps?? Should have closed the match in 4 set itself. Btw congratulations your boy did it.
 
Sinner better correct that 5th set jitters. He got some more time, but doesn't look good compared to the best 5th set player ever.
 
duaneeo said:
I'm not referring to questioning his stamina. I'm referring to those saying things like his fake aura has been exposed and he's a poor man's Andy Murray. That is undeserved crap.
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I agree

Calling him poor man's andy Murray is the most atrocious statement ever.

Sinner while he is not the alpha of this generation (Alcaraz is), he isn't a beta either like Murray, he is pretty badass in the way he tackled his doping scandal allegations and the way has dominated the tour and Novak too. 1 loss does not make him Andy Murray.

We trust in Sinner to deliver in future, he is far more talented than Murray and gang. The pundits here think Murray was close to big 3, he sprints as good as Nadal and what not, but we know what Murray was, we saw him and we know he is no Sinner. Sinner being compared to Murray/Berdych is terrible because Sinner is far better than them
 
TennisGrandpA said:
He is a mental mug though , whenever match goes to 5th set against an ATG player he folds like a cheap suit. How on earth you waste that Many bps?? Should have closed the match in 4 set itself. Btw congratulations your boy did it.
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The great Federer missed so many bp against Rafa on clay in 2007, at Rafa’s clay peak. Fed could have pushed it to 5 sets if he wasn’t careless. I think Fed had 17-20 breakpoints :oops:

Even the GOATs can have a bad day.
 
Razer said:
I agree

Calling him poor man's andy Murray is the most atrocious statement ever.

Sinner while he is not the alpha of this generation (Alcaraz is), he isn't a beta either like Murray, he is pretty badass in the way he tackled his doping scandal allegations and the way has dominated the tour and Novak too. 1 loss does not make him Andy Murray.

We trust in Sinner to deliver in future, he is far more talented than Murray and gang. The pundits here think Murray was close to big 3, he sprints as good as Nadal and what not, but we know what Murray was, we saw him and we know he is no Sinner. Sinner being compared to Murray/Berdych is terrible because Sinner is better than them
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Overrating of Murray here is off the chart. Dude was so passive that made me switch off TV many times.
 
BauerAlmeida said:
Yes, he lost to an old and kinda washed Djokovic. But so did Alcaraz last year, and he got a far bigger pass. Sinner had been dealing with Djokovic very soundly for the past couple of years, not losing matches and not losing sets; he's allowed a slip. It wouldn't be terrible for Djokovic had he lost to Federer at Wimbledon 2019 (even if the age gap is far smaller, so he had more of a justification) because he hadn't lost to him at a slam since 2012, it wouldn't have been terrible had Federer had he lost to Agassi at one of the USOs because he also had been going unbeaten for several matches.

Not only Alcaraz also lost to Djokovic at the AO, it was an injured Djokovic, and against Sinner, it was his best AO match since 2023. Also, Alcaraz lost other big matches to Djokovic, unlike Sinner who had been dealing with him very well. The Olympics final is a match that both would have traded a slam for, if not more.

Sinner had only been losing to Alcaraz or winning the slams since Wimbledon 2024. And he was injured when lost vs Medvedev, he's pretty much winning or losing to Alcaraz since the USO 2023, and now that he lost to someone else it was Djokovic, clearly the best of the rest. Alcaraz had also lost to Djokovic last year, and before that he had a loss to Van de Zandschulp.

Alcaraz has been winning the H2H with Sinner and won the last 2 slams, he's the best in the world right now and rightly so, but Sinner has been unfairly bashed when Alcaraz was in a similar situation and didn't get remotely the same criticism.

Sinner will be eager to change the momentum at RG and Wimbledon. For all the talk about him being a mental midget, he bounced back brilliantly after a heartbreaking defeat last RG in Wimbledon. He will come back very strong in those two slams (and before that as well).
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I don't remember Alcaraz getting that big of a pass. There was plenty of blowback last year. Whenever Alcaraz has unexpectedly lost (so basically to anyone except Sinner) or simply had a more-difficult-than-you'd-think match (which he used to more often), he gets raked over the coals for his more-than-Sinner up and down play - he's flightly, he goes on mini walkabout, he's not disciplined enough, he tries too "crazy" of shots. That was a big part of the takeaway last year, and Sinner was widely (if not universally) elevated after the AO as the player who will end up with the greater career. Honestly, they both deserve a pass. And they're both great. TT has some great insights, robust discussion, and passionate tennis fans, but it's the same as anywhere on the internet. Crazy pendulum swings building up and tearing down players based on a small sample size of results, along with the attendant attention-seeking hot takes.
 
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lol don’t make me laugh, Musetti struggles to win a set against Sinner , we need to see it first before we speculate anything.
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Speculation is fine, especially when there’s reasons for it. Sinner looks bad right now, he should have shut the door on Djoko multiple times and didn’t do it.

At the start of last year he was the defending champion at both HC Slams, now he’s failed to defend two of them in a row.

Maybe he has a matchup advantage against Musetti, but just going off of the scores of the matches, you have to think Musetti may have chances now.
 
Ray Mercer said:
He plays nothing like Andy Murray. If anything he’s a Djokovic clone. He’s a steady one dimensional baseline machine with solid ground strokes but no variety. He plays slightly more aggressive than Djokovic but has the same boring play style. He’s not anywhere near as entertaining as Alcaraz. I’d say Di Minaur is a poor man’s Andy Murray.
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I see DeMinaur more like a Hewitt 1.2 lol.
I have so much respect for Navratilova but her claiming Sinner can do anything on court is simply a lie. Hhis forecourt game is atrocious.

Only alcaraz can execute a proper half volley on both fh and bh. Only alcaraz can execute a volley winner from a dipping return. Never seen anyone in today’s top 10 do that.
 
Incognito said:
I see DeMinaur more like a Hewitt 1.2 lol.
I have so much respect for Navratilova but her claiming Sinner can do anything on court is simply a lie. Hhis forecourt game is atrocious.

Only alcaraz can execute a proper half volley on both fh and bh. Only alcaraz can execute a volley winner from a dipping return. Never seen anyone in today’s top 10 do that.
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Alcaraz definitely has the most racquet talent in the game and is an explosive athlete. I’d say the only knock on him is that he’s a little undersized which hurts the serve.
 
Nah, he (and more so is hella annoying fans) deserve the criticism. A loss to an almost 39 year old while he’s smack dab in the middle of his prime isn’t a good look no matter how you slice it. He’s what, 6-10 now in 5 setters? And it gets worse, he’s 2-9 in 5 setters vs top 50 players. In 4 of those losses (Carl 2x, Joker, and Med) he lost despite winning more points. That highlights his lack of mental toughness/clutch play. It’s why I roll my eyes at the “tennis always evolves” crowd when they say Sincaraz have surpassed the Big 3’s level. If that were true they wouldn’t be pushed so much or even lose on occasion to ancient versions of the Big 3. Who while they’re still capable of playing high level tennis (lest some try to say that I’m arguing they can’t) they are significantly declined from their primes selves. Now that doesn’t mean that The Sinner is done, just that when evaluating his level of play in the hierarchy of ATGs (which he hasn’t even reached yet) he’s going to rank much lower than what he’s been touted as by his most ardent supporters. As far as Carl is concerned, he absolutely didn’t get a pass. He was raked over the coals for losses like RG 23 SF, Cincy F, Olympics 24 F, and AO 25 QF. Carl has also earned more benefit of the doubt too considering he far more accomplished despite being 2 years younger.
 
BauerAlmeida said:
Yes, he lost to an old and kinda washed Djokovic. But so did Alcaraz last year, and he got a far bigger pass. Sinner had been dealing with Djokovic very soundly for the past couple of years, not losing matches and not losing sets; he's allowed a slip. It wouldn't be terrible for Djokovic had he lost to Federer at Wimbledon 2019 (even if the age gap is far smaller, so he had more of a justification) because he hadn't lost to him at a slam since 2012, it wouldn't have been terrible had Federer had he lost to Agassi at one of the USOs because he also had been going unbeaten for several matches.

Not only Alcaraz also lost to Djokovic at the AO, it was an injured Djokovic, and against Sinner, it was his best AO match since 2023. Also, Alcaraz lost other big matches to Djokovic, unlike Sinner who had been dealing with him very well. The Olympics final is a match that both would have traded a slam for, if not more.

Sinner had only been losing to Alcaraz or winning the slams since Wimbledon 2024. And he was injured when lost vs Medvedev, he's pretty much winning or losing to Alcaraz since the USO 2023, and now that he lost to someone else it was Djokovic, clearly the best of the rest. Alcaraz had also lost to Djokovic last year, and before that he had a loss to Van de Zandschulp.

Alcaraz has been winning the H2H with Sinner and won the last 2 slams, he's the best in the world right now and rightly so, but Sinner has been unfairly bashed when Alcaraz was in a similar situation and didn't get remotely the same criticism.

Sinner will be eager to change the momentum at RG and Wimbledon. For all the talk about him being a mental midget, he bounced back brilliantly after a heartbreaking defeat last RG in Wimbledon. He will come back very strong in those two slams (and before that as well).
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I am Sinner fan so i wish him all the best, and i mainly agree with you.

Generally, Sinner has been dealing better with Nole than Raz, and he bounced back sooner than expected after the RG loss. But although Sinner bounced back, he has two very concerning stats, one is losing the 5th set, another one is BP conversion in tight matches. RG25 and AO26 were very tight matches and he keeps losing these.
 
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