The duo are a few steps ahead of their rivals in men\u2019s tennis<\/a> and sparked some suggestions that they are playing at a higher level than the legendary trio of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic<\/a>.<\/p>\n Now Henman has given his verdict on the rise of Sinner and Alcaraz, he he paid the young duo the ultimate tribute by suggesting the success in raising standards have made it impossible for their rivals to compete with them.<\/p>\n \u201cI think what they\u2019ve done in such a short period of time is absolutely incredible,\u201d Henman told Sky Sports News<\/a>.<\/p>\n Watch: Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s younger brother Jamie highlights his potential as training footage is revealed<\/a><\/p>\n Sensational Wimbledon TV viewing figures confirm the sport has weathered a big storm<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThere were understandable concerns about who the next generation was going to be in the men\u2019s because of what Federer, Nadal and Djokovic had done. They won 66 Grand Slams between them.<\/p>\n \u201cI think at times they\u2019ve almost raised the bar unfairly high. However, Alcaraz has now won five and Sinners won four, and in the grand scheme of the great champions of our sport, you look at (Stefan) Edberg, (Boris) Becker and (John) McEnroe and (Jimmy) Connors and (Andre) Agassi, they won six, seven and eight and they are absolute legends of the sport.<\/p>\n \u201cAll of a sudden, we\u2019re asking the question, \u2018Well, is Alcaraz going to get to 15 and 20?\u2019 I mean, it\u2019s mad, but they are phenomenal players. I think they benefit from each other because that rivalry will continue to motivate them and push each other to keep improving their games. And it\u2019s other players\u2019 jobs to try and get into that conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n Hubert Hurkacz has played Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Sinner and Alcaraz and the Polish star told Tennis365 that the two young guns who have started to sweep up Grand Slam titles strike the ball harder than the trio who were so hard to beat during their era of dominance.<\/p>\n Tim Henman holds a Sky Sports mic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to say who wins when they are all playing their best tennis,\u201d Hurkacz told Tennis365 at an Adidas event in London.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like the level is growing every single year, and obviously, we can say the level is better than it was ten years ago, but that is not to say Roger, Rafa, Novak and Andy could not get to where we are now.<\/p>\n \u201cThey also improved every year and raised the bar, so if they were playing now, they would still be improving.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we can say is Jannik and Carlos are playing at an incredible level now and it is up to the rest of us to work hard to keep up with them.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s why I wake up every morning and work so hard to try and reach those levels. They are setting a big target now, so that is what we have to aim for.\u201d<\/p>\n Sinner and Alcaraz are set to return to action at the end of this month, with the duo set to play at the ATP 1000 Canadian Open.<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek \u2018drug cheat\u2019 debate reignites after pointed comments from former Wimbledon champion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Tim Henman makes \u2018unfair\u2019 claim as he reflects on dominance of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have raised the standards in men\u2019s tennis to \u2018unfair levels\u2019, according to former British No 1 Tim Henman. Sinner and Alcaraz have become the new dominant forces in men\u2019s tennis, sharing all of the last seven Grand Slam titles between them and contesting the last two Grand Slam finals at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749","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=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}More Tennis News<\/h2>\n
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