Toni Nadal has described Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s Monte Carlo Masters loss to Jannik Sinner as a \u201cbad result\u201d and assessed that it may \u201craise some doubts\u201d for the Spaniard.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz<\/a> was beaten 7-6(5), 6-3 by Sinner<\/a> in the championship match at the Masters 1000 tournament in Monte Carlo last week.<\/p>\n The result denied Alcaraz a second consecutive Monte Carlo title and ended his 17-match winning streak on clay dating back to last year\u2019s Barcelona Open final.<\/p>\n It also saw Alcaraz lose the world No 1 ranking to Sinner, ending his 22-week stint in top spot, which had started in November.<\/p>\n Speaking on Radioestadio Noche on Spanish radio channel Onda Cero after the Monte Carlo final, Nadal argued Sinner is currently \u201ccontrolling his emotions better\u201d than Alcaraz.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a bad result for Alcaraz because Monte Carlo is the closest thing to Roland Garros,\u201d said the 65-year-old.<\/p>\n \u201cI think Alcaraz played at a pace that favoured Sinner\u2026 the gap between them is very small.<\/p>\n How Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s Barcelona Open withdrawal affects No 1 ranking battle with Jannik Sinner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Jack Draper injury blow leaves Andy Roddick worried as Brit is told to forget about his ranking<\/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 \u201cI think Sinner is controlling his emotions better. This result may raise some doubts for Alcaraz.<\/p>\n \u201cThose conversations Alcaraz has with his bench are more due to nerves and frustration.<\/p>\n \u201cSinner was more consistent than Alcaraz.\u201d<\/p>\n Following his run in Monte Carlo, Alcaraz competed at the Barcelona Open this week, but he was forced to withdraw after suffering a wrist injury in his first round win.<\/p>\n After Alcaraz\u2019s shock third round loss to Sebastian Korda in Miami last month, Nadal revealed he thought Alcaraz may skip some tournaments as he thought the 22-year-old looked tired.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve seen him looking a bit tired. In some rallies, he seemed to be running on fumes and with less energy than usual, and I thought, \u2018Maybe he\u2019s going to stop playing in some tournaments\u2019,\u201d Nadal said.<\/p>\n \u201cBut he\u2019s also fighting for the No 1 spot. I don\u2019t know; Samu Lopez and he will decide.\u201d<\/p>\n Toni Nadal coached his legendary nephew, Rafael Nadal, from the age of three until 2017 and helped him win 16 of his 22 Grand Slam titles.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Former world No 1 gives honest opinion on Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner\u2019s relationship<\/a> The post \u2018Jannik Sinner is controlling his emotions better than Carlos Alcaraz\u2019, claims Rafael Nadal\u2019s ex-coach<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Toni Nadal has described Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s Monte Carlo Masters loss to Jannik Sinner as a \u201cbad result\u201d and assessed that it may \u201craise some doubts\u201d for the Spaniard. Alcaraz was beaten 7-6(5), 6-3 by Sinner in the championship match at the Masters 1000 tournament in Monte Carlo last week. The result denied Alcaraz a second […]<\/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-2041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041","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=2041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n
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