Patrick Mouratoglou – through his Instagram account – shared an interesting retrospective on the duality between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. Serena Williams’ former coach clarified the aspects of the young Spaniard’s tennis, underlining how the 4-time Grand Slam champion is stronger than his Italian rival, when he is at his best.
“Alcaraz is able to create more. He has extra power in his shots and he can counter him in terms of movement. The fact is that Alcaraz currently makes quite a lot of unforced errors; Sinner doesn’t. So the matches between them have a lot of ups and downs and change often.
When Alcaraz plays at his best, I think he is capable of being better than Sinner. But he can’t play at a certain level for a whole match. Sinner, on the other hand, is consistent. He can hit a winner in every single point. These are my feelings. You can never relax against Sinner, you are always in danger,” explained Mouratoglou.
2024 was the year of the Spaniard and the Italian, in any case. Carlitos and Jannik split the four Slams and showed that they are now superior to most of the players on Tour (with the exception of Novak Djokovic, who seemed a distant relative of the version admired in 2023, perhaps due to physical and…
