The Spaniard better than his rivals Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner, in a special ranking
What is behind the victories and dominance of Carlos Alcaraz? A lot. Behind every victory, every success, there is always a lot of work, commitment, hard training, often invisible to the eyes of the fans, who only see the performance on the court of their favorite.
OptaAce has published some data regarding the first Slams played of the year. In this particular statistic, the breaks converted by the five champions of the ATP ranking, who inhabit the top positions of the ranking.
Obviously we are talking – Alcaraz aside – about Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Daniil Medvedev. The new champion of the Championships clearly leads this ranking with 107 breaks made. A surreal number that can be interpreted in different ways. Alcaraz’s skill in response, but also his mental strength and coolness in converting the opportunities that came his way. Behind him is Sinner with 83 converted break points. Closing out the podium is Zverev with 78. Medvedev (77) and Djokovic (71) are fourth and fifth.
Even Toni Nadal, Rafael Nadal’s uncle, wanted to express his opinion on the Wimbledon final played by Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. The Spanish coach could not hide, in the editorial written for El Pais, his praise for the performance offered by the four-time Slam winner.
“He is the fastest player I have ever seen in my entire life,” said Toni. Furthermore, among the aspects that most struck Uncle Toni is the apparent lack of weaknesses on a technical level, which further complicates the plans of any opponent to try to make him difficult.
“Wanting to beat Carlitos today in speed is almost impossible. Maybe only Jannik Sinner is capable of facing him like this in a one-on-one,” he added.
And it is precisely these two who will be able to entertain the public in the coming years with a splendid rivalry, which already boasts 9 direct clashes in total. After the Australian Open title won by the Italian, the Iberian has begun to take the stage more and more on the men’s Tour.
The victory at Roland Garros has relaunched the confidence of Alcaraz, who was also a protagonist in London where he defended last year’s trophy. A double, achieved only by 5 other great tennis players in the Open Era (Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic), which has now given a very clear signal to all the competition, especially in view of the Paris Olympics (on the same court as the French Open) and the US Open in the United States of America.
Rafael Nadal himself has also expressed his opinion on the rise of his young countryman and the Alcaraz-Sinner rivalry.
“My impression is that we are talking about a tennis player destined to become one of the best in history, these are my feelings. Carlos has enormous potential even if in life everything can change quickly and you never know what can happen. In general his tennis level is very high and if he manages to stay away from injuries he will often be at the top. And with him Jannik Sinner. Honestly at the moment I see Alcaraz and Sinner and then all the others. I don’t see many tennis players capable of stopping Carlos on the circuit, and in general despite the surface Alcaraz will always be the favorite. It is also important for his confidence, I think he is now aware that playing at his level it is difficult for anyone to beat him,” he explained.
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