Alcaraz and Sinner are very good, but there used to be more equality before

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Both Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have dominated world tennis in 2025, and everything seems to indicate that it will be the same in 2026. Between the Spanish and the Italian, they have shared the last eight Grand Slams, four each, and the gap with their competitors is getting wider.

The only one who has tried to overshadow them has been Novak Djokovic, who, accompanied by his innate competitive hunger, has tried to chase them, although in 2025 he has been unable to get an edge, except for his victory against Carlos Alcaraz in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. But apart from the Serbian, no other rival has posed a threat to them.

The lack of rivals that challenge the two kings of the circuit is something that both Adriano Panatta and Paolo Bertolucci lament. Both Italians have not hesitated to acknowledge the evident superiority of Alcaraz and Sinner, but they miss having a few rivals who are capable of standing up to them face to face.

Adriano Panatta and Paolo Bertolucci lament that the rivals of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner cannot compete against them

"If we look at the elite of the seventies, each of the top ten won at least one Grand Slam. The competition was much more balanced; everyone could lose. Today, Alcaraz and Sinner don't lose anything," stated Adriano Panatta on radio DJ.

The Roland Garros champion in 1976 regrets that today's tennis is so homogeneous and that there are no other alternatives. "Alcaraz and Sinner are very good, but today, almost everyone plays the same. Björn Borg and Guillermo Vilas always defeated opponents with a similar style to theirs. But if they played against me or against John McEnroe, they would lose because we play differently. Nowadays, that doesn't exist, there are no attackers."

Paolo Bertolucci echoed the same sentiment, recalling the Big 3 generation and the great rivals they faced: "Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic had tough competition because they also played against Juan Martín del Potro, Stan Wawrinka, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga... There were more contenders for major trophies, now only two remain."

There are several names that appear as potential candidates to challenge Alcaraz and Sinner in the future. From Ben Shelton to Félix Auger-Aliassime, and Joao Fonseca. Yet, no one can rule out the possibility of Novak Djokovic, while the chances of some players like Alexander Zverev or Daniil Medvedev diminish over time.

While Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, along with tennis fans, enjoy the matchups between them, the need arises not even for a third leg of the table but for a rival who has the constant consistency to pose a threat to them. An aspect that, as of today, doesn't exist.
 

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