Carlos Alcaraz is on course for a showdown against world No 1 Jannik Sinner in Sunday\u2019s Roland Garros final, with leading coach Patrick Mouratoglou suggesting the Spaniard is the only player who intimidates the dominant Italian.<\/p>\n
Alcaraz and Sinner have been the stand-out players in Paris this year, as they have lived up to their billing in impressive fashion in the opening rounds of the tournament.<\/p>\n
Now defending champion Alcaraz needs to get past Lorenzo Musetti to book his place in the final once again, while Sinner needs to beat Novak Djokovic to seal his spot.<\/p>\n
With the odds on the \u2018Big 2\u2019 clashing on Sunday narrowing, Mouratoglou has given her verdict on what to expect, as he suggested Alcaraz\u2019s win against Sinner in the Italian Open final earlier this month could be crucial to what comes next in Paris.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the new rivalry everyone\u2019s talking about, and for good reason. It wears two names: Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz,\u201d said Mouratoglou on a LinkedIn post.<\/p>\n
Carlos Alcaraz makes an apology to Roland Garros fans after crushing win<\/a><\/p>\n Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner get \u2018scary\u2019 prediction from former world No 1<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cJannik is in the semifinals of Roland-Garros, without dropping a single set. Carlos is also in the final four, back to his explosive best. The rivalry is building, and it\u2019s becoming something very special.<\/p>\n \u201cRight now, only one player seems to have the key to beating Sinner and that\u2019s Alcaraz. The reverse isn\u2019t true. Alcaraz has beaten Sinner in their last four matches.<\/p>\n \u201cSinner dominates most players. Why? Because he gives them nothing. He\u2019s mentally strong, consistent, and has no real weaknesses to target. \u201cAlcaraz? He\u2019s different. Earlier this season, he wasn\u2019t quite there mentally. Too many unforced errors. No rhythm. He was winning, but far from his best level, maybe at 50 or 60% of it.<\/p>\n \u201cNow? He\u2019s back to 100%. Inspired. Confident. Free. And the win over Sinner in the Rome final changed everything. That victory triggered a switch. Since then, he\u2019s looked like a Grand Slam favorite again.<\/p>\n \u201cThis rivalry could define the next decade of men\u2019s tennis. And I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve seen anything yet. Can\u2019t wait to see how the next chapter unfolds in Paris.\u201d<\/p>\n Former British No 1 Tim Henman gave Tennis365 his verdict on the Alcaraz vs Sinner battle, as he spoke to us inside the TNT Sports studio at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n \u201cI think Carlos is the favourite,\u201d Henman told Tennis365. \u201cYou look at the clay court tournaments he\u2019s played and his results are impressive.<\/p>\n \u201cHe won Monte Carlo, reached the final in Barcelona and he won in Rome, beating Sinner in straight sets in the final.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s won here, defending champion, he\u2019s playing well and the only issue for me with Alcaraz is these dips in focus he seems to have in matches occasionally.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can get away with that against the lower-ranked players and come back and find a way to win, but you can\u2019t do that when you get to play the top players in the world and that\u2019s the area Alcaraz needs to iron out of his game.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you are having these lapses of concentration in matches against the lower-ranked played, you are increasing the chances of them happening at the end of the tournament.<\/p>\n \u201cSo he needs to ingrain these good habits. If he has those dips against a player like Jannik Sinner in the final, Sinner will take advantage.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you compare him to Sinner, he doesn\u2019t have those dips. He is relentless in his ball striking.<\/p>\n \u201cSinner is looking fantastic and while we know Alcaraz gives him different problems, Carlos needs to play at his best to beat him.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Tim Henman fires a warning to Carlos Alcaraz ahead of potential Jannik Sinner showdown<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Leading coach reveals Carlos Alcaraz \u2018changed everything\u2019 with key moment against Jannik Sinner<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Carlos Alcaraz is on course for a showdown against world No 1 Jannik Sinner in Sunday\u2019s Roland Garros final, with leading coach Patrick Mouratoglou suggesting the Spaniard is the only player who intimidates the dominant Italian. Alcaraz and Sinner have been the stand-out players in Paris this year, as they have lived up to their […]<\/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-564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564","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=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhen players face Sinner, they don\u2019t know what to do. You can feel the resignation. That fear. He reminds me of what Rafael Nadal used to impose at Roland-Garros: when you stepped on court against him, deep down, you knew you were going to lose.<\/p>\n