Sinner vs Fed by age 23 and Alcaraz vs Rafa by age 21

[Pheasant]

If Sinner and Alcaraz have a Fedal type of rivalry, then I'm all for it. Except for this time, I don't care who wins. I just want it to be close. So as long as they deliver the goods, then this rivalry has the ability to be more enjoyable for me, since I won't be disappointed by who wins these matches.

And I'm not in the least bit worried if some more records are broken. I've already moved way past that. It's simply time to move on. And these two players look extremely promising.

That said, the numbers so far back Federer over Sinner through their age-23 seasons. But let's see what the future brings. However, the numbers back Alcaraz over Nadal(close) and over Fed(by a country mile) so far at the same age.

 

[SonnyT]

Fedal was dominated by either Nadal (begin-14) or Federer (14-end)! Most of the time, either one was going to dominate the other!

 

[Mustard]

The Nadal vs. Federer rivalry was big even before they were meeting each other regularly, i.e. in 2005, when Nadal won 1 major and 4 masters, 11 tournaments overall and a 79-10 win-loss record, and Federer won 2 majors and 4 masters, 11 tournaments overall and an 81-4 win-loss record. Amidst all their 2005 successes, they only met each other twice in 2005, in the final of Key Biscayne and in the semi final of the French Open. That was an extraordinary year by both.

In 2006, the personal head-to-head heated up. Federer widened his lead as number 1 in the rankings, but Nadal was becoming a personal nemesis, beating Federer 4 times in a row in 2006. Federer only had 5 losses in 2006 in total.

Alcaraz vs. Sinner is nowhere near this.

 

[nolefam_2024]

Fedal was dominated by either Nadal (begin-14) or Federer (14-end)! Most of the time, either one was going to dominate the other!

Fedal was no rivalry once Nadal turned 22. He dominated Fed very very bad. It was a joke at one pt. 23-10

 

[Mustard]

Fedal was no rivalry once Nadal turned 22. He dominated Fed very very bad. It was a joke at one pt. 23-10

Nadal once led Djokovic 14-4.