"He's playing a 10, you can't sugarcoat it": Coach Darren Cahill says tennis is in good hands led by Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz

Coach Darren Cahill commented that the future of tennis is in good hands with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz after the Italian claimed his third title of the year at the Miami Open Masters 1000, defeating Grigor Dimitrov.

The Australian coach highlighted the significant rivalry that his protege Sinner will have with the Spanish Alcaraz and ensured that a bright future awaits tennis. Both emerged as champions in the last leg of the Tour during the Sunshine Double, with Alcaraz repeating the title in Indian Wells and Sinner securing the Miami title for the first time after three lost finals:

"He's getting to play a sport that he loves and do it at the highest order -- and he's loving every piece of his life at the moment. So he appreciates every single moment that is happening to him,"

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"But he has also got his feet on the ground, knowing it's just a sport. It's just a tennis match. And beyond this, whilst he's professional in everything he does, he enjoys his life. He's a normal 22-year-old kid.

"So there's a lot to learn from him, a lot of good to learn from both him and Carlos. I think they're very similar in many meaningful ways and that's why I think tennis is in great hands at the moment with the likes of those two and many other players coming through that are going to carry the torch through a generation that we've been so fortunate to sit through the last 20 years.

"It is important to have these types of sports people coming through," Cahill added.

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The Australian, who previously coached world No. 1s Lleyton Hewitt and Andre Agassi, added that it's not good to compare their rivalry with that of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic, as each era and athlete is different: "What they were able to achieve for so many years is remarkable, and I don't think we'll ever see that domination again, no matter what," said the Australian.

"It has been remarkable how they've pushed the frontier of the game and made everyone more professional and made everybody play better. What you're seeing with the players coming through now is a direct result of their professionalism, of the teams they put together, the way they've tried to inch out every piece of improvement in each of their games."