Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are undoubtedly the two main references in men's tennis at the moment.
It is no secret that the Italian and the Spaniard have reached another dimension compared to all their rivals and the numbers certify it. These two players have equally divided the last eight Grand Slam titles, have faced each other in the last three Majors finals and the distance that separates them from the competition in the ATP rankings has taken on enormous proportions.
According to all experts and insiders, Jannik and Carlitos will continue to be the men to beat for many more years and their opponents will have the hard task of finding new solutions to stem their dominance.
Two absolute champions
The 24-year-old from Sesto Pusteria will defend his title at the Australian Open next month, wanting to become the second player in the Open Era after Novak Djokovic to lift the trophy at Melbourne Park three years in a row. He is practicing in Dubai with maximum intensity and his game is enhanced by the hard courts, as evidenced by his results in the last two and a half years.
The 22-year-old Spaniard on the other hand has not found a particular feeling with AO yet, considering that he has never gone beyond the quarterfinals in the first Major of the year. As if that were not enough, the current world number 1 has just announced the separation from his historic coach Juan Carlos Ferrero and is preparing to start a new phase of his career.
In a recent interview with 'TG1', Italian star Flavio Cobolli who had the best season of his career was very honest about the current level of Sinner and Alcaraz: "You need to be realistic in life. I'm giving my best and I work every day to reach their level, but I have to admit that I'm way ahead of us at the moment."
Cobolli has been the protagonist of a remarkable rise this year and has dragged Italy to the third success in a row in the Davis Cup.
