America’s
Taylor Fritz has made an interesting revelation
about the gameplay of Spain’s
Carlos Alcaraz and Italy’s
Jannik Sinner. Both are
already regarded as two of the best men’s tennis players in the singles
category currently playing in the circuit.
Fritz, who is having an impressive season where he became
the first American player to play in the final of the US Open in 18 years, has
been recently quoted in a report where he made an interesting revelation about
the gameplay of Alcaraz and Sinner. The 26-year-old was of the opinion that both
players shot power is about 10 mph faster than that of the shot power of the
original ‘Big Three’ consisted of Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, Spain’s Rafael Nadal
and Switzerland’s Roger Federer.
"They just play these lateral baseline points,” he said
while speaking to the Tennis Channel. "I don’t know what these crazy
points you see Nadal and Federer – mostly you see Nadal and Novak have these
long points corner to corner. But when Sinner and Alcaraz do it, I swear
they’re doing the same rallies but hitting the ball 10 mph faster. It’s crazy.”
Fritz’s comments can be validated from the fact that he has faced
both players recently. He lost to Sinner in the final of the US Open in
straight sets with a score of 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. He then lost to Alcaraz during the
Laver Cup’s final encounter, which helped Team Europe reclaim the title after a
gap of two years. Sinner and Alcaraz are going through an impressive season.
They became the primary reason why Serbia’s Djokovic finished the year without
a Grand Slam for the first time in seven years. Sinner lifted the Australian
Open after beating Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in a five-set thriller with a score
of 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. Alcaraz lifted the French Open title after beating
Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the final in a five-set thrilling contest with a
score of 6–3, 2–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2. The 21-year-old then went on to win the
Wimbledon title as well after beating Serbia’s Djokovic in the final in
straight sets with a score of 6-2, 6-2, 7-6.
