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Former world No 3 David Ferrer has declared that Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are “always very close” and claimed no players are capable of beating the leading duo at Grand Slams.

Alcaraz is top of the ATP Rankings with 13,550 points after winning the Australian Open and the Qatar Open in a sensational start to the 2026 season.

World No 2 Sinner is 3,150 points adrift of Alcaraz with 10,400 points after falling short of the remarkably high standards he has set for himself so far this year.

The Italian fell to Novak Djokovic in a five-set semi-final at the 2026 Australian Open, and he was upset by Jakub Mensik in a three-set quarter-final at the Qatar Open last month.

In an interview with Italian outlet Corriere dello Sport, Ferrer was asked if Alcaraz had distanced himself from Sinner after his rival’s defeats in Melbourne and Doha.

“Carlos and Jannik are always very close to me,” said Ferrer (translated from Italian).

“As we’ve seen in recent seasons, they fuel each other, and that’s how they continue to improve.

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“In Australia, Djokovic played very well, even in the final against Alcaraz. We mustn’t forget that he had energy and has won 24 Grand Slam titles: in one-off matches, I’m not surprised he can still compete.

“That said, I don’t see any players capable of beating Sinner and Alcaraz in Grand Slams; they’re the strongest, especially in the important moments.

“After the Australian Open, Carlos will have more confidence, but already in Indian Wells and Miami, we know that Sinner can play very well.

“It’s a very difficult prediction to say who will be stronger between the two, just like it was with Roger [Federer], Novak, and Rafa [Nadal].”

Alcaraz, 22, secured his seventh Grand Slam title at the 2026 Australian Open, and Ferrer was asked if his Spanish compatriot could surpass Djokovic’s record tally of 24 majors.

“I can’t see the future (laughs),” said Ferrer, who is a 27-time ATP Tour titlist.

“Right now, it’s clear that if there are two players who can reach the numbers of the Big Three, they’re Alcaraz and Sinner, especially with 10 or 15 years of career ahead of them.

“But more and more players will arrive, and we don’t know how many will be able to seriously challenge them.”

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Daniil Medvedev said he was treating his semi-final victory as “a final” after a walkover handed him his first ATP 500 title in three years.

Medvedev won the 23rd ATP title of his career without even playing the final match after the unseeded Tallon Griekspoor had to withdraw due to a hamstring injury in his left leg.

While a win on court would have been the more preferable route to the title, Medvedev was not bothered having secured his first ATP 500 title since his win at the Dubai Tennis Championship in February 2023.

“Of course it’s a shame,” he said. “Yesterday I saw that Tallon might have an injury. You never know how these injuries develop overnight. Sometimes they ease up and you can play, even if you’re in some pain. Sometimes they get worse, so I guess it got worse.

“There’s nothing I can do about it. I played a great tournament, all four matches I played. Of course I wanted to play the final, but it is what it is.

“Yesterday I played an incredible match [against Felix Auger Aliassime], so I’ll treat it like a final for myself and I’m happy to win the tournament.”

Griekspoor said he picked up the injury during his semi-final match and was at the hospital on Saturday morning to have scans.

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“I have been better, that’s for sure,” Griekspoor said during the trophy ceremony. “Unfortunately, I hurt myself during the semi-finals.

“I went to the hospital this morning and had a couple of scans, which showed something serious. It kept me from coming on court tonight and will keep me from the court in the coming weeks.”

The result also marked a bit of personal history for Medvedev as for the first time in his career, he won the same event twice.

“That’s what is crazy about it,” Medvedev said.

“I never did it in any city in the world, and the first time I do it, it’s [via] a walkover… We knew before the start of the week, the way I was practising, I couldn’t miss a ball.

“We knew it was going to be a great week. It was a great week and I’m looking forward to the next tournaments to come.”

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Daniil Medvedev has officially lifted the 23rd ATP Tour title of his career at the Dubai Tennis Championships, though not in the circumstances he would have hoped for.

Third seed and world No 11 Medvedev has been in impressive form in Dubai this year and was set to face the unseeded Tallon Griekspoor in the final of the ATP 500 event on Saturday, twelve months after meeting at the quarter-final stage of the event.

Griekspoor had stunned Medvedev in three sets on that occasion during a surprise run to the semi-final, and the Dutchman has again defied the odds in Dubai this week.

The world No 25 had beaten second seed Alexander Bublik, sixth seed Jakub Mensik, and fifth seed Andrey Rublev to reach the final in Dubai, though he was notably struggling physically during his semi-final on Friday.

And, the 29-year-old has now unfortunately had to pull out of Saturday’s final due to injury — automatically handing the title to Medvedev.

Medvedev has now won 23 ATP Tour singles titles and has lifted the Dubai title for the second time, after his previous victory in 2023.

It is the first time that the former world No 1 has ever repeated as a champion at any event, bringing a historic streak of 22 titles at 22 different events to an end.

Here, we look at the prize money and ranking points that both Medvedev and Griekspoor will take home for their efforts.

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What prize money and ranking points were on offer?

A not-insignificant amount of ranking points was on offer at the tournament this year, with Medvedev now taking home 500 points for lifting the title.

Having earned 100 ranking points for his quarter-final finish twelve months ago, the Russian’s ranking points tally will increase by 400 points on Monday, rising from 2,960 to a total of 3,360.

Medvedev will remain as the world No 11, though he is now within touching distance of a return to the top 10.

For his run to the final, Griekspoor has earned 330 ranking points, up from the 200 points earned for reaching the semi-final of the event last year.

That sees the Dutchman rise from 1,665 points to 1,785 points, and he is currently projected to remain as the world No 25 next Monday.

For lifting the title, Medvedev will take home an impressive $461,835 in winnings from Dubai.

Meanwhile, after reaching the final, Griekspoor will earn $248,480 in prize money after reaching the sixth ATP final of his career. 

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Former British No 1 and WTA star Laura Robson believes Emma Raducanu and returning coach Mark Petchey share the “same ideas” about how the former US Open champion should play on court.

World No 25 Raducanu has turned to Petchey for the upcoming WTA 1000 event in Indian Wells, with action in Tennis Paradise starting next week.

An acclaimed coach and pundit, and a former professional player himself, Petchey has been a trusted figure for Raducanu for several years.

Petchey initially worked with the 23-year-old back when she was a teenager, and also spent time coaching Raducanu during spells of her 2025 season.

The latest reunion between the two comes after Raducanu had split with Francisco Roig following a six-month partnership, the pair heading their separate ways after a disappointing Australian Open campaign.

The world No 25 has been working with Alexis Canter since then and reached the final of the Transylvania Open in Cluj, though she was affected by illness during a disappointing swing in the Middle East.

It is currently unclear how long Raducanu and Petchey will be back working together before the Brit hires a new permanent coach.

However, speaking to Sky Sports this week, former top-30 player and tennis pundit Robson revealed just why Raducanu and Petchey were a good fit.

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She said: “I think we make such a big deal out of the coaching situation and as long as she [Raducanu] is feeling happy on the court, as long as she’s confident out there then that’s half the job done, and that’s what coaches try and bring out in you when you do have one.

“She obviously gets on really well with Petch. They’ve been on and off for a fair few years now and it’s someone she knows. They have the same ideas. They agree on so much that she needs to bring out there, so why not?

“As long as you’ve got someone who’s taking care of the boring stuff like the logistics of booking practice, finding someone to practice with, racket re-strings — all of that. As long as that’s taken care of, then you can just focus on trying to play.

“They have the same identity of how both of them feel she should be as a player.”

Raducanu has lost her three most recent matches on the WTA Tour, falling to Sorana Cirstea in the Transylvania Open final, before retiring with illness against Camila Osorio at the Qatar Open, and then tasting defeat to Antonia Ruzic at the Dubai Tennis Championships.

She will look to return to winning ways and find some strong form in Indian Wells next week, with the world No 25 set to be seeded at the prestigious tournament for the first time since 2022.

Raducanu reached the fourth round of the event in 2023 and progressed to round three in 2022 and 2024, though was beaten in the opening round by Moyuka Uchijima in 2025.

However, by being seeded, she will receive an opening-round bye this year.

Action in Indian Wells will then be followed by the second half of the ‘Sunshine Double’ at the Miami Open, where Raducanu was a quarter-finalist under Petchey’s guidance last March.

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Emma Raducanu has dispensed with the services of another coach, with the debate over what comes next for the British No 1 raging as she prepares to play in the WTA 1000 event at Indian Wells.

Raducanu confirmed she had parted ways with Francisco Roig after the Australian Open, as the 23-year-old suggested she wants to deploy more aggressive tactics from the back of the court.

She has called on the services of her former coach Mark Petchey for the upcoming WTA 1000 tournament at Indian Wells, but this is set to be a short term solution to her coaching problem.

Now Tim Henman has joined the debate, with the former British No 1 not convinced the 2021 US Open champion needs to hire a full-time coach immediately, as he reflected on his own journey as a reference point.

“Maybe she is better off not having a coach and embracing that sort of freedom. She talks about wanting to own her identity – well, own it then,” Henman told Tennis365 in an exclusive interview at a Sky Sports Tennis event in London.

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“I had a couple of occasions in my career when I didn’t have a coach and I really enjoyed those periods.

“There may come a time six or nine months down the line, where she needs a bit of input and she might be struggling, but it’s not necessarily a bad idea not to have a coach for a period of time.

“From what we’ve seen over the last three or four years, coaches don’t last long. That’s her choice.”

Henman went on to suggest the expectations around Raducanu as not misplaced, as he argued the 2021 US Open champion is good enough to compete at the top level of the sport and she needs to ensure she is not usurped by younger players coming up the rankings and threatening to move past her.

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“She’s 23, you know, and there’s plenty of 18, 19, 20-year-olds now on the tour, who are overtaking her,” added Henman.”You can’t stand still, but she’s still very good player.

“It’s just my belief, and I think a lot of other people’s belief that she could be a lot better. 
And that’s an exciting, that’s an exciting thing. There’s no doubt that the scrutiny is a lot more for Emma than others, but she is used to that now.

“She’s 25 in the world, but a lot of us believe she can be a lot better. It will be exciting to see whether she can make that step now.

“It has been too stop start. Whether it is a change of coach or a physical setback. She has to become physically more resilient to be faster and stronger to compete with the biggest hitters.”

Raducanu has a chance to make some strides up the WTA Ranking list if she can string some wins together in Indian Wells and she will then have plenty of points to defend at the Miami Open later in March, where she was a quarter-finalist last year.

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Novak Djokovic is preparing to return to action at the Indian Wells Masters and he may be on course to crash through a remarkable prize money barrier if he continues his fine form at the start of 2026.

Djokovic stunned the tennis world when he beat world No 2 Jannik Sinner at last month’s Australian Open, with the 38-year-old proving he is still a real threat to the best players in the world despite his advancing years.

Now Djokovic is set to play at the Indian Wells Masters, where he lost in his first match against Dutch player Botic van de Zandschulp last year.

He will then move on to the Miami Open, where he enjoyed a run to the final of last year’s tournament, losing against Jakub Mensic.

Those wins added to the staggering prize money total Djokovic has collected across his record breaking career, with his current total standing at $192,688,360.

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In total, Djokovic won $5,127,247 in prize money, despite only playing a limited schedule last year, with the $1,435,985 he won from his run to the final of the Australian Open last month bolstering his prize money mountain.

Djokovic may need to win a Grand Slam title to crash through the $200million barrier this year and he may need to achieve that this year and as this could be his final season in the sport, he may be in a race against time to get to that total.

It is unlikely that he is focused on the race to $200million, as prize money has not been a priority for Djokovic for many years.

During a wide-ranging interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored last November, Djokovic was asked: “How much are you worth now? Do you know? Approximately. Give me a ballpark.”

The 24-time Grand Slam winner replied: “I don’t like to talk about it, Pierce. I don’t like it. I’m north of one million (smiling).”

Morgan then asked to guess: “Well, I reckon you’re probably if I was a guessing man, I’d say at least three to 400 million.”

Djokovic: “Maybe. Maybe more. We live in a very materialistic society nowadays. I’m just saying I’m not like that. I don’t like … you know my team and my agent you know we don’t want to give all the information to Forbes for example, how much I’m worth or what the investments are, you know it’s none of their business.

“Why should I disclose that? For what reason? There are things that are disclosed with price money obviously that people know about or contracts, but the other things, no [I won’t disclose that].

“Money is very important and it does bring security, no doubt about it, and it is absolutely you know, one of the driving forces of the society of today. You cannot neglect the importance of money.

“But if money is the only thing you’re thinking about … I mean at least in my case and in my experience obviously I’m an athlete so for me it’s kind of a meritocracy model. If I win a tennis match or win a tournament I get rewarded. I get sponsorship deals etc.

“But also you know it’s it’s a lot about the mentality, it’s a lot about the brand that you want to create around yourself.

“I have, and again I don’t like to talk about this too much, but I did refuse a lot of the big brands and big paychecks in my career because I cannot represent something that I don’t believe in. I feel like I’ve always tried to play a long game.”

Djokovic’s wealth has been boosted by huge sponsorship deals with brands like ASICS, Lacoste, Hublot (watches), Waterdrop (hydration), Aman Resorts and Qatar Airways, with his final prize money total likely to be threatened by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner over the course of the next decade.

Alcaraz and Sinner are a long way behind Djokovic for now, but rising prize money at top tier events will allow them to rise up the cash ladder quickly if they continue to dominate at the top of the men’s game.

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Carlos Alcaraz reached the highest ranking points total of his career after this win at the Qatar Open last week, but he will face a threat to his dominance as world No 1 from Jannik Sinner over the next couple of months.

We are now into the period of the year where Sinner has no ranking points to defend, as he was serving a doping suspension at this stage of 2025.

That means the Italian will head into the ATP 1000 events at Indian Wells and Miami with plenty to gain, as every win will give him a rankings boost.

By contrast, Alcaraz will be defending 400 ranking points after his run to the semi-finals of last year’s Indian Wells event.

It means that anything less than a run to the last four in the Californian desert will see Alcaraz dropping ranking points, with anything better adding to his points haul.

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Alcaraz will defend just 10 ranking points at Miami Open, where Sinner will once again look to add points to his total in a tournament he was forced to miss last year.

Even if he wins in Indian Wells and Miami, Sinner will not have a chance to overtake Alcaraz in the rankings until much later in this tennis season, as Alcaraz has a healthy 3,150 point lead at the top.

Alcaraz has plenty of points to defend heading into the clay court season after winning the Monte Carlo Masters title last April, the Rome Masters and then the French Open.

That period of the season is when Sinner will have a chance to challenge for the world No 1 ranking once again, but for now, the Wimbledon champion will be focusing on finding his form again after failing to win his first two tournaments of the season.

The standards set by Alcaraz and Sinner makes their rare defeats surprising, yet it is clear that the latter has been tinkering with his tactics in recent matches and it looking to add more variety to his game.

“I’ve had even tougher times in the past. I know how to come back,” he said after his defeat against Jakub Mensic at the Qatar Open last week.

“Every player faces ups and downs. I’ve had two incredible years and now I’m having a little downturn, but it’s not something that worries me. I know I can play better tennis, but Jakub played and served really well.

“We all have ups and downs in our jobs, so I’m not worried. We try to improve in every tournament I enter: I’d like to go as far as possible, but it’s normal to go through some tough times

“My approach to tennis is, we live also a normal life. I believe we live in situations and moments and emotions. This is the same with tennis. We have great moments. We have tough moments. We have sad moments and happy moments. It’s just an episode, right?

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“When I have tough losses, for me it’s just a moment. I believe that, you know, the hard work we are doing, of course, always the best thing is to win, but you cannot always win. I believe that I have a great, great team behind me. I have family, which is much more important than anything else.

“I do put tennis in the first place, no matter what. That’s what I choose, and that’s what I will always choose, until I’m done playing. Hopefully I can play for many more years, but it doesn’t mean that we don’t live the emotions.

“After tough losses I try to go through and try to understand what I can do better. At the end of the day, when I finish my career, I just don’t want to have regrets that I could have done something more. If my potential is winning, you know, this, but I have just one, it’s okay. If I win more, it’s okay. I just want to maximize my potential and to see how far I can go.”

We will have to wait a few weeks before the battle for the world No 1 ranking heats up, with the Alcaraz and Sinner rivalry set to dominate tennis once again over the next few months.

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It has been another eventful week in Emma Raducanu’s world and not for the first time, her critics have been out in force to question her.

Confirmation that she has made a bold switch from Nike to Uniqlo in a deal reported to be worth $3.5m-a-year threw up plenty of discussion on social media channels, with the usual band of critics quick to suggest Raducanu didn’t deserve to such lavish deals given her lack of success on the court since her iconic 2021 US Open win.

What those critics fail to appreciate is that Raducanu has always been more than just a tennis player and in a world where influencers are worth so much more if they have genuine influence, Emma is a prized asset.

With millions of followers on Instagram and a loyal following from fans who embraced her breakthrough story at the US Open four-and-a-half years ago, Raducanu’s journey is still one of the most compelling in tennis, even if she is not competing for Grand Slam titles.

Her battle back into the top 30 in the rankings is an achievement that cannot be ignored and in the opinion of former British No 1 Greg Rusedski, the

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“The deal probably makes a lot of sense for them because they look for brand ambassadors and they look for Instagram followers, they look to TikTok to all those things in social media,” he saon the Off Court with Greg Rusedski podcast.

“She has a following, you know, in the UK, she has a following internationally. She has the Chinese market, she has multiple marketplaces there. So for a Japanese company, it probably makes a lot of sense.

“So I think the deal is not only on court, but it will be off court as well. So that makes sense. And your contracts are not always based on your tennis ranking. They’re also based on your followers, so they’re looking at it as a business point of view. They’re taking a punt that they’re hoping she gets back in the top 10, can start competing for slams again and win one, that would be the ultimate.

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“They’re also looking off court and does she generate enough press publicity and will we get a return on investment? They have done their numbers and it’s a very, very successful company. So I think it’s a great partnership.

“I think it’s going to go really well. For me, fingers crossed, Emma needs to get healthy and get the tennis together. And I think it’s worth the punt even paying her that much money to go with Uniqlo. So I think it’s a good deal. Let’s keep fingers crossed that Emma can get some great performances.”

The other big news around Raducanu this week was the confirmation that Mark Petchey would be back in her coaching box for next week’s WTA 1000 event at Indian Wells.

As was the case when Petchey came into her team at a similar stage of last season, the arrangement appears to be temporary, with the prospect of the coach who clearly injects some joy into the Raducanu camp continuing in his role into the Miami Open later in March likely as he will be at that event in his role as a pundit on the Tennis Channel.

Petchey has made it clear in the past that he is not open to ending his media career and focusing on coaching Raducanu and that is understandable given the brief relationship she has had with numerous coaches since her US Open win.

What the last week has done is give Raducanu a chance to reset and try to find some renewed belief after a troubled start to 2026 that has been dominated by health and fitness issues.

Some were suggesting her passion of the game may have been waning as she has struggled to get through matches in recent months, but her new sponsor and the return to Petchey give her a fresh platform to kick on once again.

It is easy to criticise Raducanu, but this 23-year-old is more than good enough to silence those doubters as she starts a new era with Uniqlo and a revamped coaching team.

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Carlos Alcaraz has received support from fellow Grand Slam winner Kim Clijsters following his outburst over the “s***” ATP rules at the Qatar Open.

The seven-time Grand Slam winner was involved in a heated exchange with chair umpire Marija Cicak midway through the opening set of his quarter-final clash against Karen Khachanov after he received a time violation.

The world No 1 was a little slow to send down his serve as he was not ready when the 25 seconds had elapsed on the shot clock, and the official stuck to the rule and gave him the violation, but it did not go down well with the Spaniard as believes he should have received more leeway.

The match continued, but Alcaraz had another exchange with Cicak during the changeover before he turned to his bench and told them: “The ATP rules are always s***, it’s s***, s***.”

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The top seed went on to lose the first set, but bounced back to claim a 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-3 win over Khachanov and during his post-match press conference, Alcaraz described the rule as “absurd” and stated he felt officials should be a bit more lenient.

It was one of the few times that the 23-year-old was visibly upset during and after a match, and former world No 1 Clijsters believes the frustration is warranted.

“I love that Carlos Alcaraz is actually saying that stuff because for him to do it, it must be really frustrating or something must be triggering,” the four-time Grand Slam winner said on the Love All with Kim Clijsters podcast.

“It comes from a place where he’s actually very annoyed by it. So, I enjoyed that he spoke up and that maybe behind the scenes, where he mentioned the ATP rules, maybe they’ll change a little bit about the shot clock and I agree.

“We saw something at the Australian Open with Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. In the fifth set, where he got a time violation after a super-long rally.

“There’s time like that, where I feel as a referee or chair umpire, you just have to read the room little bit, because as a tennis fan, when I am watching this, you have to give these players their moment to recover, whether it’s one or two seconds more, it really is not going to make a big deal.”

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