Wilander compares Alcaraz and Sinner to Federer and Nadal

The information that the past 8 Grand Slam tournaments person been won by 2 players – Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz – intelligibly shows that the apical of tennis has been reduced to conscionable 2 names for the past 2 years. The Italian and the Spaniard are relentlessly demolishing everything successful beforehand of them, and galore expect that inclination to proceed astatine the Australian Open, the archetypal of the 4 astir important tournaments of the season, whose main gully begins connected Sunday, January 18. The tourney tin beryllium followed connected Eurosport channels, and each infinitesimal is besides disposable connected HBO Max.

Alcaraz volition unfastened his mode successful Melbourne with a lucifer against the 79th tennis subordinate successful the world, Adam Walton. For the 22-year-old Spaniard, it is the archetypal tourney without long-time manager Juan Carlos Ferrer, with whom helium did not widen his practice aft past season.

"He's excessively aged to beryllium affected by thing similar that. I judge it volition lone impact him from the broadside that we don't see. And that is the mundane tennis life; training, dinners, conversations with Ferrera... Simply, having a manager who you are bully friends with. But I deliberation erstwhile helium gets connected the court, that won't person immoderate effect. Of course, Alcaraz's member travels with him each the time, his parents are often there, truthful successful immoderate lawsuit helium has a bully enactment system," said Mats Wilander, a erstwhile Swedish tennis subordinate and Eurosport commentator.

Wilander talks astir Alcaraz

Wilander adds that Alcaraz has already surpassed the grounds of the Swedish tennis player, who astatine 20 years and 278 days became the youngest to triumph 4 Grand Slam titles. "It is 1 of the astir hard records helium tin break. He inactive has a agelong mode to go, galore players person 3 Grand Slam titles each, and helium has not excelled successful Australia truthful far. But arsenic for Carlos, I deliberation it is simply a question of erstwhile helium volition triumph the Australian Open. Also, Sinner volition triumph the French Open sooner oregon later, the lone Grand Slam helium is missing."

The Swede points retired that the concern of the 2 young tennis players is akin to that of Federer and Nadal, wherever Sinner is the favourite connected the faster surface, and Alcaraz connected the slower surface. "And successful the adjacent 2 oregon 3 years, helium volition amended further. If it goes similar this, arsenic successful the past 2 years, helium volition beryllium acold up of everyone other and we volition not spot different names successful the archetypal 2 places."

Although they are dominant, Wilander reminds of the value of Novak Djokovic: "I deliberation helium has a accidental to triumph the Grand Slam. He was precise adjacent past twelvemonth successful each 4 large tournaments. He appreciates the sportsmanship and professionalism of the youth, but helium tin inactive origin problems for the caller generation."