Tennis legend Jim Courier believes Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz \u201cdon\u2019t have weaknesses\u201d, as he claimed the duo would have been able to rival the \u2018Big 4.\u2019<\/p>\n
World No 1 Alcaraz<\/a> and No 2 Sinner<\/a> have dominated men\u2019s tennis in recent years, with the two holding a commanding lead at the top of the ATP Rankings.<\/p>\n The pair have won the last nine Grand Slam men\u2019s singles titles between them, and are just two major triumphs away from matching Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal\u2019s record of 11 straight Grand Slam titles as a duopoly.<\/p>\n Alcaraz has won seven Grand Slam singles titles and has now spent 58 weeks \u2014 and counting \u2014 as the world No 1 during his career, and recently completed the Career Grand Slam at the Australian Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Sinner has spent 66 weeks atop the ATP Rankings during his career and has won four Grand Slam titles, with the Italian looking to complete the Career Grand Slam at the French Open this spring.<\/p>\n Alcaraz and Sinner have dominated the men\u2019s game immediately off the back of the \u2018Big 4\u2019 era, in which Federer, Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray were clear at the top of the sport.<\/p>\n And, speaking on the Tennis Insider Club<\/em><\/a> podcast, former world No 1 Courier<\/a> claimed that the \u2018New 2\u2019 of Alcaraz and Sinner would be able to compete with those tennis greats.<\/p>\n \u201cOver the last year and a half, they\u2019ve won all the majors. They can play on every surface, they\u2019re young, they move incredibly well,\u201d said Courier.<\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner\u2019s rivals told strategy to beat them by Wimbledon champion<\/a><\/p>\n Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Amanda Anisimova give their opinions on playing best-of-five sets<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI think they would have been competitive with the Big Four. They probably grew up watching them and copying what they did.<\/p>\n \u201cJannik looks a lot like Novak in how he moves and plays. Carlos looks like no one \u2014 he\u2019s his own thing. He\u2019s taken the best parts of everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz and Sinner are currently well clear of their ATP Tour contemporaries, with a 38-year-old Djokovic arguably the most likely challenger to the duo.<\/p>\n All eyes are on whether and when another member of their generation can step up to truly challenge them, with the likes of Ben Shelton, Jack Draper, and Joao Fonseca among those often named as potential rivals in the future.<\/p>\n However, it will be no easy feat for anyone to establish themselves as a force alongside the Spaniard and the Italian, with their gap over the field seemingly increasing in recent months.<\/p>\n Speaking further, four-time Grand Slam singles champion Courier expressed his belief that the pair had no areas in their game that could currently be exploited.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cWhat\u2019s clear is that for most of tennis history, you could be a top player with a weakness. Right now, Sinner and Alcaraz don\u2019t have weaknesses.<\/p>\n \u201cThat means technique becomes even more important. When the game is this fast, you have to be offensive everywhere. That\u2019s relatively new.<\/p>\n \u201cRafa eventually had no weaknesses. Roger changed rackets late in his career, so his backhand became more of a weapon \u2014 especially against Rafa.<\/p>\n \u201cIn my generation, even [Pete] Sampras had a side you could play to safely \u2014 his backhand. That doesn\u2019t exist anymore. There\u2019s nowhere you feel safe.\u201d<\/p>\n After their Australian Open campaigns, Alcaraz and Sinner are set to return to action at the Qatar Open, which takes place next week.<\/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 Read Next<\/strong>: Prize money earned by Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n The post Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz \u2018don\u2019t have weaknesses\u2019 as \u2018Big 4\u2019 comparison made<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tennis legend Jim Courier believes Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz \u201cdon\u2019t have weaknesses\u201d, as he claimed the duo would have been able to rival the \u2018Big 4.\u2019 World No 1 Alcaraz and No 2 Sinner have dominated men\u2019s tennis in recent years, with the two holding a commanding lead at the top of the ATP […]<\/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-1738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738","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=1738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Tennis News<\/h2>\n