The biggest point about the six kings slam (even though it isn't on the record books), from what I saw, is to ask the question - what if it never happens? What if Sinner never beats Alcaraz this year? How does the ATP finals look after that? How does this change forecasting for 2025? Point being, I think it demonstrates that Sinner can in fact beat the most modern form of Alcaraz in the near future, not just come close - and he can do it directly after facing Medvedev and Djokovic (with Alcaraz facing weaker competition). And it would be hard to say that it had no effect on Alcaraz. Both were playing at a high level during that match and had just come off the Beijing epic. If he doesn't have that going into next year, that raises a lot more questions about what happens at AO 2025 - because Beijing is a hardcourt (yada yada, conditions - still, it's a hardcourt, not clay or grass). Still, I believe Alcaraz should not be underestimated at AO 2025, he's a major threat - if he can avoid losing to a lower ranked player in the early going.
This narrative about the Sinner-Alcarez rivalry is becoming a theory that I hear most of the time in podcasts. There are some factors that I never hear: while Alcarez met Sinner while he was having a great performative week( otherwise, he lost early in the tournaments ), Sinner, being capable of performing a better lower lever, got to play against Alcarez also in a week like his tennis wasn’t the best ( see Roland Garros ). Since you guys like to create theories, we can theorize that if Alcarez could perform better when he is not at his best, we would have had more matches between the two tennis players this year, with Sinner possibly winning some of those.
I think we cover Sinner beating lower levels player better in him being more consistent. Re the theories, a 3-0 h2h vs Sinner is a fact! We can talk for hours about circumstances around players going into matches. If it was 1-0 or even 2-0 then ok I can understand circumstances but 3-0 I don't think so imo. At Beijing, Sinner went into it after playing v well at the US Open not long before. Alcaraz had poor form since the Olympic final loss but came out on top in that final vs Jannik. I'm sure Jannik will reverse or at least do better in it next year no doubt but 2024 was Carlos' year; specifically in the rivalry that is.
Apparently the ITIA held a press conference when the Swiatek news broke. But only the guys from the The Tennis Podcast seem to have known about it 🤔 so I am not sure who attended.
@@qualityshottennis Yes on their latest pod they talked about it, and the answers to some of the questions posed. But I haven't heard any other tennis you tubers refer to it.
@@joannemoore3976 I loved when the ITIA explained to them in the briefing that the frequency of the testing makes them feel pretty confident that contaminates ubstances are not being used as masking agents and then David counteracts with "but you know with my philosophy degree..." funny not so funny
@@marissssss11111 lol, I think that was Catherine was it? With the philosophy degree. Which apparently leads her to also think a long ban for any transgression, however accidental, might be an answer... can't say I am on board with that
Carlos no matter how fabulous he is always the underdog. LOL! He's 21 and is always improving. I think Carlos can and will win AO for the Career Slam. No one picked him to win any slam in 2024 or defend Wimby but he won 2. He has won 500 and above titles on every surface. I think he will win 2 or more slams in 2025 again. I think he can regain no.1. Players besides Carlos are going to figure out how to play Sinner. I don't get why people keep picking Novak for another slam.
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The biggest point about the six kings slam (even though it isn't on the record books), from what I saw, is to ask the question - what if it never happens? What if Sinner never beats Alcaraz this year? How does the ATP finals look after that? How does this change forecasting for 2025?
Point being, I think it demonstrates that Sinner can in fact beat the most modern form of Alcaraz in the near future, not just come close - and he can do it directly after facing Medvedev and Djokovic (with Alcaraz facing weaker competition). And it would be hard to say that it had no effect on Alcaraz. Both were playing at a high level during that match and had just come off the Beijing epic.
If he doesn't have that going into next year, that raises a lot more questions about what happens at AO 2025 - because Beijing is a hardcourt (yada yada, conditions - still, it's a hardcourt, not clay or grass).
Still, I believe Alcaraz should not be underestimated at AO 2025, he's a major threat - if he can avoid losing to a lower ranked player in the early going.
@@pacific559 interesting
This narrative about the Sinner-Alcarez rivalry is becoming a theory that I hear most of the time in podcasts. There are some factors that I never hear: while Alcarez met Sinner while he was having a great performative week( otherwise, he lost early in the tournaments ), Sinner, being capable of performing a better lower lever, got to play against Alcarez also in a week like his tennis wasn’t the best ( see Roland Garros ).
Since you guys like to create theories, we can theorize that if Alcarez could perform better when he is not at his best, we would have had more matches between the two tennis players this year, with Sinner possibly winning some of those.
I think we cover Sinner beating lower levels player better in him being more consistent. Re the theories, a 3-0 h2h vs Sinner is a fact! We can talk for hours about circumstances around players going into matches. If it was 1-0 or even 2-0 then ok I can understand circumstances but 3-0 I don't think so imo. At Beijing, Sinner went into it after playing v well at the US Open not long before. Alcaraz had poor form since the Olympic final loss but came out on top in that final vs Jannik. I'm sure Jannik will reverse or at least do better in it next year no doubt but 2024 was Carlos' year; specifically in the rivalry that is.
Apparently the ITIA held a press conference when the Swiatek news broke. But only the guys from the The Tennis Podcast seem to have known about it 🤔 so I am not sure who attended.
Interesting
@@qualityshottennis Yes on their latest pod they talked about it, and the answers to some of the questions posed. But I haven't heard any other tennis you tubers refer to it.
Hm
@@joannemoore3976 I loved when the ITIA explained to them in the briefing that the frequency of the testing makes them feel pretty confident that contaminates ubstances are not being used as masking agents and then David counteracts with "but you know with my philosophy degree..." funny not so funny
@@marissssss11111 lol, I think that was Catherine was it? With the philosophy degree. Which apparently leads her to also think a long ban for any transgression, however accidental, might be an answer... can't say I am on board with that
Carlos no matter how fabulous he is always the underdog. LOL! He's 21 and is always improving. I think Carlos can and will win AO for the Career Slam. No one picked him to win any slam in 2024 or defend Wimby but he won 2. He has won 500 and above titles on every surface. I think he will win 2 or more slams in 2025 again. I think he can regain no.1. Players besides Carlos are going to figure out how to play Sinner. I don't get why people keep picking Novak for another slam.
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