Tennis: French Open 2025

[LT]

Fils, Mensik, Shelton, and Musetti all still have some more potential to unlock. But considering the age of Sinner and Alcaraz themselves, it's hard to see anyone not under 20 right now being able to reach those heights.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Fils, Mensik, Shelton, and Musetti all still have some more potential to unlock. But considering the age of Sinner and Alcaraz themselves, it's hard to see anyone not under 20 right now being able to reach those heights.

Shelton is a serve bot and some of that has to do with how late he started the sport, it's gonna be tough for him improve with guys who've been playing the sport as kids. I like Fils a lot but injuries scare me with him. Musetti gives Tsitsipas vibes to the max, he'll always be good and make random runs but I don't know if he'll legit inspire to do anything or even challenge Jannik/Carlos. Mensik is a wild card too, I prefer him over Fonseca who was just mentioned a minute ago but again super young and tennis is a tough sport to predict and why resumes matter so much when you're younger. The Miami Masters 1000 win v Novak is tremendous though

 

[LT]

Shelton is a serve bot and some of that has to do with how late he started the sport, it's gonna be tough for him improve with guys who we've been playing the sport as kids. I like Fils a lot but injuries scare me with him. Musetti gives Tsitsipas vibes to the max, he'll always be good and make random runs but I don't know if he'll legit inspire to do anything or even challenge Jannik/Carlos. Mensik is a wild card too, I prefer him over Fonseca who was just mentioned a minute ago but again super young and tennis is a tough sport to predict and why resumes matter so much when you're younger. The Miami Masters 1000 win v Novak is tremendous though

Yea if I had to pick a single guy to get to Alcaraz/Sinner level, I'd go with Mensik. Fonseca would be my second choice.

 

[Novak Djokovic]

What a match, I only saw the 5th set being in Australia currently, gotta rewatch the rest.

 

[kihei]

If he keeps developing like he has, I'd say maybe Draper could play the Andy Murray role. Good enough to be almost mentioned in the same breath as Jannik and Carlos, but not quite in their tier. Though given how fast he is improving, maybe someday.

Another guy that is improving is Musetti. I'd give him the David Ferrer role.

Fils and Rune might fill the Tsonga and Berdych roles. Good enough to get to the quarters or semis and lose.

Mensik needs to develop more weaponry. He's not a servebot, but it is by far the strongest aspect of his game.
Fonseca has a nuclear weapon in his forehand, and time to grow. He has a very high ceiling, though whether it goes up to tier one is anybody's guess at this point.

I don't see anyone else on the scene capable of eventually challenging for a GS title.

 

[kihei]

Grand Slams at Carlos' age

Carlos: 5
Rafa: 4 (all French Opens)
Nole: 1
Roger: 1

 

[kihei]

More random factoids:

Carlos is now 12-1 (!) in five set matches; Sinner is now 6-10.

Carlos has won the last five matches against Sinner. In four of those five matches, Sinner has won the first set.

In Sinner's last 50 matches, he is 47-3. That breaks down to 47-0 against the field and 0-3 against Alcaraz.

Sinner held serve against Nole 46 consecutive times before being broken in the semis here at Roland Garros.

Sinner had a grand total of two double faults for the entire French Open.

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

More random factoids:

Carlos is now 12-1 (!) in five set matches; Sinner is now 6-10.

Carlos has won the last five matches against Sinner. In four of those five matches, Sinner has won the first set.

In Sinner's last 50 matches, he is 47-3. That breaks down to 47-0 against the field and 0-3 against Alcaraz.

Sinner held serve against Nole 46 consecutive times before being broken in the semis here at Roland Garros.

Sinner had a grand total of two double faults for the entire French Open.

Carlos has a weird thing of losing the first set in big matches and rallying back. He said the other day after the Musetti match that it doesn't bother him in grand slams because he has time but some of these matches v Sinner have been best of 3's and Indian Wells/US Open have been hard court matches which is Sinner's favorite surface. Gotta think this rivalry is weighing on Sinner heavily mentally. Would love to see a rematch shortly here in a month on the grass in the Wimbledon Final.

 

[alko]

Some trivia (for people who dont know it):

In April 2019, at the age of 15, Alcaraz made his Challenger debut at the JC Ferrero Challenger in Villena, after receiving a wild card. He won his first match against a 17-year old Jannik Sinner.

 

[JetsWillFly4Ever]

What an incredible match. Those two guys are the future of tennis, hopefully they can stay healthy and provide spectacles like this many times in the future.

 

[kilowatt]

That was a top 5 match all time. It was like watching prime Federer and Nadal. Unbelievable tennis.