Carlos Alcaraz hoping Jannik Sinner rivalry is ‘like Rafa and Roger’
Carlos Alcaraz has revived hopes of emulating a head-to-head match between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, despite Jannik Sinner ending talk of their rivalry just last month.
Alcaraz is preparing to play in the Shanghai Masters for the first time in his career after losing in the semifinals to the aforementioned Sinner in Beijing.
And the Spaniard expressed his desire to continue this rivalry in an interview with Tennis TV. “Well, to be honest, it would be great to be like Rafa and Roger.
The Wimbledon champion continued: “I think it would be a dream for us and of course for tennis fans as well.” But I don’t know. Rafa and Roger, Roger and [Novak] Djokovic, Djokovic and Rafa, you name it.
“To be honest, we (Alcaraz and Sinner) have a good rivalry. I’m a guy who doesn’t want to lose in any match, but of course, as I said, it’s different with him. . It feels different. Every time I win or lose against him, it’s something different for me. But that’s what I learned from every match we played.”
Sinner actually tried to quash rumors of a rivalry before the China Open, where he won his ninth career title.
The Italian player claimed that the rivalry between Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic is the “biggest” on the ATP Tour. “It’s hard to talk about this rivalry at the moment because I feel like he (Alcaraz) has won too much in the competition” moment. ” .”
The world number four added: “He’s shown it. He’s been No. 1 in the world many times already. I think the biggest rivalry at the moment is between him and Novak. But on the other hand, every time we play against It’s definitely going to be a good match. I think we’re both bringing out the best in ourselves.”
If Alcaraz and Sinner want to add a new chapter to their rivalry in the inaugural Shanghai Masters Tournament, they will both need to reach the finals, as they are on opposite sides of each other in a draw.
In the baseline…
The rivalry between Alcaraz and Sinner definitely feels like the one that will lead the ATP Tour into the next decade, especially since they are both so young. Compared to rivalries within the “Big 3”, for example, Nadal and Federer have played each other a total of 40 times, which is always difficult to imitate. However, there is still tennis left between the two.
Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner head-to-head
Since joining the main draw of the ATP Tour, Alcaraz and Sinner have faced off a total of seven times, and with their latest win, the Italian reclaims the head-to-head lead.
Alcaraz vs Sinner: 3-4
- Alcaraz beat Sinner, 7-6(1) 7-5 (Paris Masters Second Round 2021)
- Sinner beat Alcaraz, 6-1 6-3 6(8)-7 6-3 (Wimbledon Fourth Round 2022)
- Sinner beat Alcaraz, 6(5)-7 6-1 6-1 (Umag Final 2022)
- Alcaraz beat Sinner, 6-3 6(7)-7 6(0)-7 7-5 6-3 (US Open Quarter-final 2022)
- Alcaraz beat Sinner, 7-6(4) 6-3 (Indian Wells Semi-final 2023)
- Sinner beat Alcaraz, 6(4)-7 6-4 6-2 (Miami Open Semi-final 2023)
- Sinner beat Alcaraz, 7-6(4) 6-1 (China Open Semi-final 2023)
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– Tennis TV (@TennisTV) 31. Merz 2023
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