The 22-year-old Spaniard is the only player on the ATP Tour who can consistently trouble big-hitting Sinner and now Wilander has told Tennis365 that he expected Alcaraz to win more Grand Slam titles than his great rival.<\/p>\n
Yet he suggests Sinner\u2019s consistency less complicated game may allow him to finish his career with other titles that will cement his greatness.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Tennis365 in his role as an analyst for TNT Sports at Roland Garros, Wilander served up a novel theory on how this great sporting rivalry will play out.<\/p>\n
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French Open ATP Rankings Winners & Losers Week 1: Djokovic & Draper battle for No 4, Ruud & Tsitsipas slide<\/a><\/p>\n Two big reasons why Carlos Alcaraz unsettles Jannik Sinner revealed by former world No 1<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe way I see it is I expect Carlos Alcaraz to win more Grand Slam titles than Jannik Sinner, but I expect Sinner to spend more weeks as world No 1,\u201d Wilander told Tennis365, speaking in the broadcast centre at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n \u201cThe reason I say this is Alcaraz is such a complete player and he has so many options every time he plays a shot.<\/p>\n \u201cI remember Roger Federer saying, \u2018yeah, of course Lleyton Hewitt will have more success than me to start with, because he is one-dimensional compared to me and doesn\u2019t have all the shots\u2019. Carlos is like that.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is why Jannik is ranked No 1 in the world because he doesn\u2019t have so much variety and therefore he is more consistent. It\u2019s more of a straightforward game for Jannik.\u201d<\/p>\n When we asked Wilander to give his verdict on who will finish up with more Grand Slam titles, Wilander gave us an intriguing take on how it will play out.<\/p>\n \u201cMy prediction is that Sinner will spend more time as world No 1 than Carlos Alcaraz and Carlos will win more majors. That\u2019s my prediction,\u201d stated Wilander.<\/p>\n Mats Wilander on TNT Sports at Roland Garros<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI say that because Carlos is a little more up and down and when he is at his best, he has proved he can beat Jannik and anyone else.<\/p>\n \u201cThis could change because Carlos has only just turned 22 and we can see that he is already adding more consistency to his game.<\/p>\n \u201cWe saw last year that he was down two sets to one to Sinner and the same against Sascha Zverev in the final and he locked in and found a way to win.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s got it in him, but when he takes on lesser players, he goes walkabout for five or ten minutes mentally and suddenly he is playing a close match against someone he shouldn\u2019t play a close match with.<\/p>\n \u201cSinner doesn\u2019t do that. Is that going to hurt Carlos on a Grand Slam? Possibly.<\/p>\n \u201cIf he is out there playing a long match against someone he should beat easily, that might take something out of him if he has an opponent like Sinner a couple of days later.<\/p>\n \u201cBoth of them are now at the top of the game and everything has gone so fast for them over the last 24 months.<\/p>\n \u201cThey have been winning majors, getting to world No 1, starting a new era in tennis in many ways.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really hard to predict what will come next, but we can say that the versions of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in 2030 will be much better than what we see today\u2026 and that is a scary thought.\u201d<\/p>\n Watch every moment of the French Open live and exclusively on TNT Sports and discovery+<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n READ NEXT: <\/strong>Carlos Alcaraz gets a warning from former world No 1 after Roland Garros thriller<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The post Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner get \u2018scary\u2019 prediction from former world No 1<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The battle between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz could dominate the men\u2019s game for the next decade and former world No 1 Mats Wilander has come up with an interesting theory on who will ultimately end up on top in their battle. 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