Jannik Sinner completely different from Novak Djokovic apart from one area says former Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek

Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic are completely different apart from one area of their game admits Dutch former Wimbledon champion, Richard Krajicek.

Krajicek was asked to assess the game of Sinner in comparison to Djokovic and he saw their serves both as being areas of their game that they both are super strong in. In particular for the Italian, he sees the serve as an extra to a superb all round game.

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While Djokovic on the other hand also has the fundamentals that they both have to win tennis matches and not rely solely on one aspect of their game to succeed. He also said though that Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner and Andrey Rublev also win though in another metric which is how hard they strike a tennis ball.

“I needed to have a great serve to make up for the weakness of the other shots, I was fine at the net but my backhand wasn’t great and neither was my mobility. I moved reasonably well for my height, but I certainly wasn’t the fastest on the pitch,” said Krajicek to Ubitennis.
"For Sinner, however, having a great serve is an extra: he moves very well and has excellent and solid groundstrokes. However, now the service, when he needs it, is there.
"Even Djokovic, when he needs the serve, has it, but he doesn’t stand there hitting a hundred aces a game. He puts it in the important places, like Sinner… Simply, when you have such solid fundamentals, you don’t need it.
"Furthermore, physically, the stress and strain on the shoulder is enormous and therefore the career is probably longer for players who are not “big servers”, you don’t have that pressure of having to ace at every point.
"I think they are two different players. I don’t play against him (Sinner) so I can’t say because I don’t feel the ball, but from what I see on TV I can say that the three players who hit the hardest are Alcaraz, Sinner and Rublev.”

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