Former Grand Slam winner claims Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are ‘better than big three’ after dominating in 2024
The tennis tour has shown a huge change in tides this year with young stars Yannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz dominating the sport, but how do they compare to the likes of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer at their peaks?
A former tennis player has his say and it’s certainly controversial.
A former tennis player has his say and it’s certainly controversial.
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00:00Tennis legend Mats Wilander says there's no way Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak
00:07Djokovic have ever played better tennis than rising stars Yannick Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.
00:13Sinner and Alcaraz swept all four Grand Slams between them this year in a tip to dominate
00:17the sport for years to come, following in the footsteps of their predecessors.
00:22The world's top-ranked player Sinner clinched the Australian Open and the US Open, while
00:27his Spanish rival Alcaraz claimed the French Open and Wimbledon.
00:31Wilander, a seven-time Grand Slam champion himself between 1982 and 1988, has boldly
00:37claimed that the emerging duo have already outshone the big three.
00:41That comes despite Federer, who hung up his racket in 2022, Nadal and Djokovic being widely
00:46hailed as the three greatest players of all time.
00:50The 60-year-old said,
00:51Carlos Alcaraz and Yannick Sinner put on such a great, entertaining show and they will go
00:57down as greats of the sport.