Toni Nadal has identified Alexander Zverev as a \u201cdangerous rival\u201d to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner and claimed that the 28-year-old German is \u201cclearly better than\u201d Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n
Zverev<\/a> fell to world No 1 and eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz in an epic Australian Open semi-final lasting five hours and 27 minutes.<\/p>\n The three-time Grand Slam finalist fought back from two sets to love down to force a decider, but he was unable to seal a sensational comeback as he let a 5-3 lead slip in the fifth set.<\/p>\n Sinner, the world No 2, was defeated in five sets by Djokovic<\/a> in a pulsating second semi-final at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n Zverev dropped to fourth in the ATP Rankings this week, with Djokovic climbing to third.<\/p>\n Nadal \u2014 who coached his legendary nephew Rafael Nadal to 16 Grand Slam titles \u2014 argued Zverev is the biggest threat to the top two.<\/p>\n \u201cHe (Zverev) is a dangerous rival and, for me, he\u2019s clearly better than Djokovic is today,\u201d Nadal said during an appearance on the Onda Cero radio network.<\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz GOAT debate declared \u2018ridiculous\u2019 as former British No 1 defends Novak Djokovic<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Jack Draper makes claim about Carlos Alcaraz & Jannik Sinner causing his body to \u2018break down\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cBut he lacks the\u2026 if he, if Zverev had won that match (the Australian Open semi-final against Alcaraz), he probably would have won the final too.<\/p>\n \u201cIt would change him because it gives you extra confidence and takes away the pressure he has to win a Grand Slam.\u201d<\/p>\n Nadal added, though, that Zverev \u201chas a mental problem\u201d and is \u201cunder a lot of pressure to win a Grand Slam.\u201d<\/p>\n Toni Nadal was critical of Alcaraz for not mentioning his former coach Juan Carlos Ferrero<\/a> after his Australian Open victory.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all well and good to praise your coach, but you have to remember the other one too,\u201d Nadal said.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know how his relationship with Ferrero ended, but when he says that, I feel bad saying it.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure Samuel Lopez has done a great job in these two months, but he can\u2019t forget Ferrero\u2019s work over the years.<\/p>\n \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have liked it if, as soon as Rafa left, he had said those things about Carlos Moya.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: ATP Rankings Race To Turin: Carlos Alcaraz leads, Novak Djokovic above Jannik Sinner<\/a> The post Alcaraz and Sinner\u2019s most \u2018dangerous rival\u2019 who is \u2018clearly better than Djokovic\u2019 revealed<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Toni Nadal has identified Alexander Zverev as a \u201cdangerous rival\u201d to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner and claimed that the 28-year-old German is \u201cclearly better than\u201d Novak Djokovic. Zverev fell to world No 1 and eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz in an epic Australian Open semi-final lasting five hours and 27 minutes. The three-time Grand Slam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n
Toni Nadal criticised Carlos Alcaraz after the Australian Open<\/h2>\n
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