Alcaraz fan here: I don't think there's much of a difference between the Sinner-Alcaraz rivalry at RG or Wimbledon. Sinner did all the right things both times, he just couldn't close one of them out.
Didnt Sinner look like he figured him out in their last match? The last 3 sets werent even competative. Alcaraz couldnt even make it close. If this is not a definition of "figured out" what is this then?
I mean I’m more about seeing a pattern. Carlos served at 45% first and threw in a slew of double faults. Despite struggling to hold serve sinner didn’t exactly capitalize enough as he should’ve.
Sorry. You’re saying it’s a conspiracy he failed two ped test for a banned anabolic steroid?World will see this as CYGs except conspiracy theorists haters like you
Well they swept the first two under the rug for 5 months and avoided 2 year suspension for an ungloved rub.
at the very least the defense lied by presenting an incomplete and misleading timeline of the excuse/cover story that was not looked into by WADA because they “had no reason to”. The suspension should’ve been for longer even if he is not doping.
So he tested positive at indian wells and we all find out about it 5 months later …what exactly is that when others are suspended immediately?
No. It was one of those days in which Carlos would've lost to Van de Sanzschulp or whatever it's written. Not so much merit for Sinner there, sorry.
So he tested positive at indian wells and we all find out about it 5 months later …what exactly is that when others are suspended immediately?
Pulls out of Olympics for an illness that quite frankly wasn’t there last minute.
Facts plus mysterious coincidence that align together during this 5 month cover up just seem to “rub” OCS (obsessed compulsive sinner) the wrong way
It’s ok. Sometimes being bias can make you gullible. Atleast I hope it’s bias blindness …
I was a strong sinner supporter prior to his doping scandal.
I agree. The little maestro will keep reeling off majors. Everyone keeps underrating him over and over again which is a very dangerous / stupid thing to do with Carlitos.
You think he's improved mentally since 2023 because I don't. He's always had clutch moments at key points and has always been inconsistent, and IMO he still is.
It depends on the opponent. Writing him off against Sinner seems justifiable though as Sinner has made more significant advances in his game than Carlos has. On hardcourt Sinner is going to be the favourite - and that's 50% of the year already. And now Sinner has shown he can compete/win on clay and grass.
All this assumption based on one win against Alcaraz this year in Wimbledon. While Alcaraz did almost lose in RG, he still showed he can bring a high level on clay to the point where even a Sinner who did 99% of the job wasn't enough. And you seem to be completely ignoring the beating Sinner got on clay in Rome.
It was the first tournament Sinner had played since his ban. The first set went to a close tiebreak and then Sinner's lack of match play and a long tournament caught up with him. Sinner was significantly better at the French Open just a few weeks later.
That, a worn-out Djokovic, and the rest of the seeds saying goodbye early.
Sinner can be very well the Hewitt of this era, his trajectory is basically a slightly longer peak but close to #1 ranking weeks. And like Hewitt, Sinner is also coached by Cahill.
Yes, tiny's in the driver's seat for now. We'll see how Sinner responds.
He didn’t respond from that bagel in cincy.
leave it up
Dear Djumhur, Carlos has taken 2 RG, 2 WB and 2 US!!! He has defeated Sinner at 4 of the slams, and Djokovic at 2! Whereas Sinner has beaten Alcaraz at 1 slam. So the current score is 4-1 Alcaraz!
their H2H has not flipped or flopped in quite some time.
7-2 over the last 12 months in favor of Carlos.
Like you said. He’ll surely beat him again. They’re at the beginning of their rivalry and right now Carlos has the clear edge. Aside from RG being a close match the last 2 have been one dominating the other. They both want to learn, become better, give them more time and I believe that this will be the rivalry most of us hope it will be.
Doesn’t mean that their h2h will flip frequently
I can’t predict the future so I can’t say if it will or won’t but based on them both wanting to learn from their flaws playing against each other as they both said in their post match press it’s imo what I think will and hope will happen.
Lol man this forum the last I don’t know 5 years or so has gone downhill, still better than Reddit but still
10-5. 15 matches.
Sigh…they’re only 22-24 yrs old and have met in slams just the past 2 years… so is this toward the end of their rivalry? Are they not going to have long careers?
