Who's gonna take AO '26 ?

Aabye5 said:
Which semi do you see being a better match -- Novak vs Carlitos or Zed vs Carlitos?
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Novak

It almost hurts to say this but I think Zod is due for an even bigger step back than last year.

Those Little 4 (Rubzvedvedevipas) are just gonna keep fading. I think Novak will make a Slam Final this year.
 
Rosstour said:
Novak

It almost hurts to say this but I think Zod is due for an even bigger step back than last year.

Those Little 4 (Rubzvedvedevipas) are just gonna keep fading. I think Novak will make a Slam Final this year.
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Wow, another final for Novak? That's pretty bold. Does he go through Sinraz or does he beat someone else?

To me, Novak in the final means he is winning the title. Not sure I see it happening.
 
Aabye5 said:
Wow, another final for Novak? That's pretty bold. Does he go through Sinraz or does he beat someone else?

To me, Novak in the final means he is winning the title. Not sure I see it happening.
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Point 1, I think we are gonna see a bit of a letdown for the B2.

For as much as we hear commentators like Courier or Roddick saying “man, these two are just getting started”, I think it’s just as likely that we’ve already seen the peak of the rivalry.

Sinner will level off soon, and Carlos is always prone to dips, even in a year when he didn’t just say goodbye to his longtime coach.

So, I think upsets will be likelier this year than last. I think the draw at at least one Slam will fall apart, and Djoko will be one of the guys just chugging his way through. Probably Wimbledon
 
Rosstour said:
Point 1, I think we are gonna see a bit of a letdown for the B2.

For as much as we hear commentators like Courier or Roddick saying “man, these two are just getting started”, I think it’s just as likely that we’ve already seen the peak of the rivalry.

Sinner will level off soon, and Carlos is always prone to dips, even in a year when he didn’t just say goodbye to his longtime coach.

So, I think upsets will be likelier this year than last. I think the draw at at least one Slam will fall apart, and Djoko will be one of the guys just chugging his way through. Probably Wimbledon
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As a fan of players outside of the big 2, I'm hoping you're right. The questions then becomes who will be there to take advantage and who will take them out?
 
Aabye5 said:
As a fan of players outside of the big 2, I'm hoping you're right. The questions then becomes who will be there to take advantage and who will take them out?
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It won’t be one guy. I would love it to be Musetti but I think the gap is too big
 
Sinner will get Djoker in the semis once again. But this time, Djoker will battle hard and push Sinner to a 5th set. Sinner will then prevail in the 5th set tiebreaker to make this the 2nd greatest semi ever. Sinner will lose in 4 to Alcaraz in the final.
 
Rosstour said:
Novak

It almost hurts to say this but I think Zod is due for an even bigger step back than last year.

Those Little 4 (Rubzvedvedevipas) are just gonna keep fading. I think Novak will make a Slam Final this year.
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You don’t learn do you?
 
Rosstour said:
He made 4 SFs last year, and Alcaraz is down a coach.

Now, go back to predicting that THIS time, Sinner seizes back control of the rivalry and puts Carlos forever behind him
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How old is he? And tell me how old he will be at Roland Garros 2026?

And I remain with my prediction that Sinner will have a 3-slam season in 2026. You might have forgotten that Sinner, after a 3.5 month hiatus and not having a sparring partner for 2 months could’ve walloped Alcaraz’s ass on his beloved surface
 
dking68 said:
How old is he? And tell me how old he will be at Roland Garros 2026?

And I remain with my prediction that Sinner will have a 3-slam season in 2026. You might have forgotten that Sinner, after a 3.5 month hiatus and not having a sparring partner for 2 months could’ve walloped Alcaraz’s ass on his beloved surface
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Dude you’re mistaking me for someone who wants to engage you in FanWars

I’m predicting Djoko has a great year, and now you’re trying to trigger me with what Sinner COULD have done to Alcaraz but didn’t.

What I said abt Djoko has nothing to do with Alcaraz, who’s living rent free in your head

But yes he is Sinner’s slave. Total beta *****. That’s what you want to hear
 
Rosstour said:
Dude you’re mistaking me for someone who wants to engage you in FanWars

I’m predicting Djoko has a great year, and now you’re trying to trigger me with what Sinner COULD have done to Alcaraz but didn’t.

Sinner ceded the mental edge to Carlos when he bailed on Cincy down 0-5. You’re just doing postgame what-ifs ATP
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Mate I simply don’t care. But at least be realistic. Sinner dominating Alcaraz in 2026 is simply more likely than Djoker making a slam final.
 
dking68 said:
Mate I simply don’t care. But at least be realistic. Sinner dominating Alcaraz in 2026 is simply more likely than Djoker making a slam final.
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If you don’t care then shut it “mate”

I am talking about Djoko, not your mancrush
 
Rosstour said:
I’ll be the happiest tennis fan in the world when that happens, but we’re a ways away from that.

He had a better year than anyone except the B2, that doesn’t say “done” to me.
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But my honest question to you is, do you see him getting better, remaining the same or declining? And do you see Sincaraz getting better, remaining the same or getting worse. I have my answers to those questions.

And to answer your earlier statement - I don’t believe Sinner will dominate Alcaraz but the glass is gonna break soon for Sinner - in terms of splitting slams (don’t think 2026 will be a 2/2 season, it’s gonna be 3/1 for one of them - and I’m picking Sinner), I’m not sure how the seasonal h2h will play out but, still a 3-slam year for Sinner. I just can’t see a scenario where the slams are 9-5 in favor of Alcaraz. Think it’s gonna be split 7-7 at the end of 2026.
 
dking68 said:
But my honest question to you is, do you see him getting better, remaining the same or declining? And do you see Sincaraz getting better, remaining the same or getting worse. I have my answers to those questions.

And to answer your earlier statement - I don’t believe Sinner will dominate Alcaraz but the glass is gonna break soon for Sinner - in terms of splitting slams (don’t think 2026 will be a 2/2 season, it’s gonna be 3/1 for one of them - and I’m picking Sinner), I’m not sure how the seasonal h2h will play out but, still a 3-slam year for Sinner. I just can’t see a scenario where the slams are 9-5 in favor of Alcaraz. Think it’s gonna be split 7-7 at the end of 2026.
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I see Djoko remaining about the same.

Just using my own rec career as a guide, I felt like basically the same player from 27-37. After 37 things changed, recovery was a lot worse and required a lot more pre/post match diet, hydration, and muscle care.

So he weathered the 37 cliff like it was nothing. There’s really not a big dip again until around 43. And he intends to play at least until his age42 season of 2029.

Remember that Sinner is turning 25 this year, and more Slams have been won by 24 year-olds than any other age. He has another year or two in this form and will experience the first signs of decline at 26/27. So yeah if he’s going to murder Alcaraz it has to be this year, otherwise that door starts to close faster and faster.
 
Also consider that things could get very ugly behind the scenes. I still believe that Djoko was the driving force behind Sinner’s bust, and he could continue to try to find ways to undermine him. Watch closely for strangeness
 
Rosstour said:
I see Djoko remaining about the same.

Just using my own rec career as a guide, I felt like basically the same player from 27-37. After 37 things changed, recovery was a lot worse and required a lot more pre/post match diet, hydration, and muscle care.

So he weathered the 37 cliff like it was nothing. There’s really not a big dip again until around 43. And he intends to play at least until his age42 season of 2029.

Remember that Sinner is turning 25 this year, and more Slams have been won by 24 year-olds than any other age. He has another year or two in this form and will experience the first signs of decline at 26/27. So yeah if he’s going to murder Alcaraz it has to be this year, otherwise that door starts to close faster and faster.
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As for Novak, he would have to beat one of them at age 39, to reach a major final or hope one of them drops out prematurely. Which slam do you think Sinneraz will drop out early? For Alcaraz, if he wasn’t to make a final in 2026, im thinking it’s Australia. But Sinner, it’s very hard to see him not making all 4 finals this year. Only his body will stop him.

Also factor in his age, because he won’t be keeping that top 4 seed for long. Soon he will crash out early in some events, and will skip some due to his age, and as his ranking drops, he may meet Sinneraz in the QF instead of the SF

Yes, Sinner should be peaking and I think we will start to see his peak on the natural surfaces and his absolute monster peak on hard court for 2026. So I’ve got him winning the 2 hard court majors and Wimbledon.

As for Alcaraz, yes the coaching thing is a big change but I don’t think that will be the cause for him winning 1 slam in 2026 (my prediction). Think Sinner will just have his diamond making year.
 
dking68 said:
As for Novak, he would have to beat one of them at age 39, to reach a major final or hope one of them drops out prematurely. Which slam do you think Sinneraz will drop out early?
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Alcaraz is the easy answer for an early AO exit, and for Sinner I think the danger is USO, and facing a maestronian player or servebot in early rounds of Wimbledon (Shapo, Grigor, GMP are players I would circle in the draw as potential upsets)

Like I said earlier or maybe in another thread, I think it’s totally possible that we never see Alcaraz and Sinner meet in all 4 Slam Finals again. It seems like there’s no other way for things to happen right now, but life comes at you fast
 
Rosstour said:
Alcaraz is the easy answer for an early AO exit, and for Sinner I think the danger is USO, and facing a maestronian player or servebot in early rounds of Wimbledon (Shapo, Grigor, GMP are players I would circle in the draw as potential upsets)

Like I said earlier or maybe in another thread, I think it’s totally possible that we never see Alcaraz and Sinner meet in all 4 Slam Finals again. It seems like there’s no other way for things to happen right now, but life comes at you fast
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I really think Wimbledon is very much suited for Sinner’s game and I predict it’s his second most successful slam. For Alcaraz, the dead bounce of AO is horrible for his game, but I would be surprised if he doesn’t make at least the SF this year. But yes I agree, if he doesn’t make a slam final at one of the slams, my best guess it would be AO, especially if it’s played at RLA at night when the bounce is even lower than in the day

Alcaraz will defend his RG title in 2026, I predict and the match won’t be close as it was in 2025. Think he’s gonna bulldoze there.
 
Sinner was lucky to win the ATP Finals, as Alcaraz had Set Point it the 1st Set despite the injury.
Looks like Sinner needs luck to beat Alcaraz on hardcourt, so baring injury Alcaraz has the AO won.
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Sinner is favourite; Alcaraz is second favourite and not too far behind Sinner. Anyone else is far behind.

I'd love Carlos to get the career GS; he'd be the youngest ever I think. He could go it if he plays with the level of focus that he brought to the last US Open.
 
Paul Annacone thinks someone new will win a major both the women's and men's side this year. Could it happen at the AO?
 
Subway Tennis said:
SinnerGOAT will win. The biggest surprise run will be from FAA who goes deeper than he has before and it takes either Sinner, Djokovic or Medvedev to take him out.
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I don't know now. Félix looked a bit out of it in his match against Bergs.

He needs to learn a bit about taking some power off to actually set up the point in his favor. I really wish he would add someone with good tactical skills to his team.
 
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