Sinner signing autographs patiently after the awards ceremony. Yeah, no character there.![]()
Five straight for Carlos in this rivalry and the monkey on Sinner's back must now be the size of a gorilla.
Yup, will fix. My brain was fried at that point.You mean Sinner?
How much longer can they really go without the challenge system?
Sinner clearly got jobbed on that non service call and imagine if that happened say in the 5th set TB?
I get its tradition but at some point there will need to be a change imo.
I'm pretty sure the French Open is the only remaining major that doesn't use the Hawkeye system to determine calls.
Not only that but I'm fairly certain almost every single ATP 1000 or even 500 uses the hawkeye system.
Heck I've seen clay tournaments use it and for the past few years they're even showing in and out calls on the live broadcast.
Coco's #1 now & Carlos may join her in the rankings.
That might have been the best, or at least most dramatic, match I've ever seen in my lifetime and I've been watching tennis for a good 35 years. Also, I'd say the greatest comeback of all time considering who Alcaraz's opponent was, being down two sets and 3 match points.
Hard to come up with any more words for that match outside of epic and is Alcaraz the most clutch player of all time at this age? His uncanny ability to win finals is unmatched, what a player, and the fight in Sinner despite the onslaught from Alcaraz and battling cramps was admirable or more aptly inspiring. This is why we love tennis, unbelievable match from both men.
It's incredible how we went from The Big 3 to then the Big 2 once Federer retired right into The New 2 Era without a hitch. I know it's a stretch to compare anybody to The Big 3 but we're seeing big 3 quality tennis from these 2 now and they are far and away better than the rest of the field. 6 in a row won by Alcaraz and Sinner and 7 of the last 8 going back to Wimbledon 2023. Tennis is in good hands going forward.
Character & tenacity perseveres.
It'll be predominantly those two but it'll be good for the sport if another guy pushes them at the slams like Murray and Wawrinka for a brief 3 or so year period did. Djokovic might very well be done winning slams, I think Zverev has already peaked and he lacks belief in the big matches even at peak form so I don't see it being him, Medvedev seems to be on a steep downward trajectory so we have to look at the younger generation. I think Draper has the game to threaten especially at Wimbledon due to his power game, people love Fonseca but I'm not enthralled with him as he seems very one dimensional although he's so young so there's time to improve, Rune has the talent but is a mess mentally who else? Not seeing much out there right now. It's the Sinner/Alcaraz era until further notice.Good chance it'll be Sinner/Alcaraz fighting each other for the next decade on every grand slam barring injuries. Obviously we might have upsets for Alcaraz on hard courts like he had at BVDZ at US Open last year and the recent 2 losses to Novak/Zverev at the AO and Sinner being vulnerable at the French and Wimbledon since they're not his best surfaces. But good chance these two will have an arms race of Grand Slams for the next decade +. Sinner could've tied Carlos today too which is pretty jarring considering Alcaraz was up 4-1 a few months ago. 5-3 Alcaraz is still a fun race to monitor
Also @ the clutch thing, part of me was wondering how Sinner would respond to that 5-3 0-40 comeback Alcaraz had in the following game. I think I even said it here that I think Alcaraz would break back. A lot of this match reminded me of their Indian Wells and Bejing matches but on a different surface
It'll be predominantly those two but it'll be good for the sport if another guy pushes them at the slams like Murray and Wawrinka for a brief 3 or so year period did. Djokovic might very well be done winning slams, I think Zverev has already peaked and he lacks belief in the big matches even at peak form so I don't see it being him, Medvedev seems to be on a steep downward trajectory so we have to look at the younger generation. I think Draper has the game to threaten especially at Wimbledon due to his power game, people love Fonseca but I'm not enthralled with him as he seems very one dimensional although he's so young so there's time to improve, Rune has the talent but is a mess mentally who else? Not seeing much out there right now. It's the Sinner/Alcaraz era until further notice.