Former world No 3 David Ferrer has declared that Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are \u201calways very close\u201d and claimed no players are capable of beating the leading duo at Grand Slams.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n World No 2 Sinner<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n In an interview with Italian outlet Corriere dello Sport, Ferrer was asked if Alcaraz had distanced himself from Sinner after his rival\u2019s defeats in Melbourne and Doha.<\/p>\n \u201cCarlos and Jannik are always very close to me,\u201d said Ferrer (translated from Italian).<\/p>\n \u201cAs we\u2019ve seen in recent seasons, they fuel each other, and that\u2019s how they continue to improve.<\/p>\n ATP Rankings Race To Turin: Daniil Medvedev soars to 3rd, Flavio Cobolli +78, Felix Auger-Aliassime +3<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Flavio Cobolli & Frances Tiafoe\u2019s Mexican Open prize money & ranking points revealed<\/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 \u201cIn Australia, Djokovic played very well, even in the final against Alcaraz. We mustn\u2019t forget that he had energy and has won 24 Grand Slam titles: in one-off matches, I\u2019m not surprised he can still compete.<\/p>\n \u201cThat said, I don\u2019t see any players capable of beating Sinner and Alcaraz in Grand Slams; they\u2019re the strongest, especially in the important moments.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the Australian Open, Carlos will have more confidence, but already in Indian Wells and Miami, we know that Sinner can play very well.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a very difficult prediction to say who will be stronger between the two, just like it was with Roger [Federer], Novak, and Rafa [Nadal].\u201d<\/p>\n Alcaraz, 22, secured his seventh Grand Slam title at the 2026 Australian Open, and Ferrer was asked if his Spanish compatriot could surpass Djokovic\u2019s record tally of 24 majors.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t see the future (laughs),\u201d said Ferrer, who is a 27-time ATP Tour titlist.<\/p>\n \u201cRight now, it\u2019s clear that if there are two players who can reach the numbers of the Big Three, they\u2019re Alcaraz and Sinner, especially with 10 or 15 years of career ahead of them.<\/p>\n \u201cBut more and more players will arrive, and we don\u2019t know how many will be able to seriously challenge them.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: \u2018Carlos Alcaraz has raised the bar and jolted the sport like no other\u2019<\/a> The post Has Carlos Alcaraz distanced himself from Jannik Sinner? Former world No 3 issues clear verdict<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former world No 3 David Ferrer has declared that Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are \u201calways very close\u201d 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 […]<\/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-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814","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=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n
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