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“I think Carlos Alcaraz, at his best, is better than anyone else, including Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic. His weapons are a little more important. But Sinner is a little more solid, with a little less risky game Maybe Sinner wins three times out of five at the moment, but at his best Alcaraz prevails over the Italian.”
Martina Navratilova’s prophetic words best reflect and summarize the challenge between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, won by the young Spaniard in three sets; a success that allowed him to reach the final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.
Sinner was also stopped by an elbow problem, which perhaps affected his performance in the third set but, all things considered, the Spaniard seemed to have a wider range of solutions than his rival at Indian Wells.
Brutal battle with @janniksin! 🥵 Very happy to beat a rival in spectacular form! 🤩 Only the final to go! 🔝🌴 @BNPPARIBASOPEN
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— Carlos Alcaraz (@carlosalcaraz) March 17, 2024
Is this enough to say that Alcaraz is stronger than Sinner? No. At the moment, I believe that Navratilova is partly wrong. I believe that, at their best, they are on a more or less equivalent level.
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