Andy Roddick Makes ‘Depressing’ Comment About Jannik Sinner-Carlos Alcaraz Dominance: “Don’t You Have a Bad Day?”

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have won a combined four titles from four finals this year.

Andy Roddick Makes ‘Depressing’ Comment About Jannik Sinner-Carlos Alcaraz Dominance: “Don’t You Have a Bad Day?”

Andy Roddick, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz (Image via X/#AusOpen, Jannik Sinner HQ)

In Short
  • Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have won four titles combined this season.
  • Sinner completed the Sunshine Double without dropping a set, becoming the first since Federer in 2017.
  • Andy Roddick noted the consistent dominance of Alcaraz and Sinner, highlighting their inability to both lose simultaneously.

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have taken the tennis world by storm thanks to their sheer dominance on the tour. So far this season, they have played a combined eight tournaments and have won four titles.

The Miami Open concluded recently and saw Sinner complete the Sunshine Double with a straight-set win over Jiri Lehecka. And at Indian Wells, he lifted his first title of the tournament as well as of the year by beating Daniil Medvedev.

Alcaraz lost both events before reaching the final. Mededvev ended his run in the semifinal in Indian Wells, while Sebastian Korda beat him in the Miami Open third round. Medvedev ended the World No.1’s 16-match winning streak because, prior to the Sunshine Double events, he became the youngest Career Grand Slam champion by beating Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open and later lifted the Qatar Open against Arthur Fils.

Djokovic dashed Sinner’s hope of a three-peat in the Melbourne Slam. And later in Doha, Jakub Mensik upset him in the quarterfinals. From all these, one can conclude this: that whenever the two were in the draw, either of them ended up emerging victorious so far this season. Andy Roddick also observed this and said on his Served podcast:

The winners haven’t changed. Like Carlos wins Majors, and Jannik is winning everything else. Like it hasn’t, it hasn’t really changed. If anything, it’s like more depressing because like you get a look at the basket and then Jannik…you just want them to dip at the same time, and it feels like they never do. Like Jannik takes a loss in the Middle East and Carlos runs shop, right? Like, I mean, Jannik goes down in Australia, and Carlos dominates, and Carlos takes a month off, and you know, on this swing, and Jannik isn’t really challenged.

Sinner became the eighth man to complete the Sunshine Double and the first since Roger Federer in 2017. En route to achieving the feat, he did not drop a set, and in fact, he has yet to lose a set since handing the walkover to Tallon Griekspoor in the third round of the 2025 Shanghai Masters.

But it’s like, oh yeah, Jannik won. And we’re like ready to talk about like 18 other things. He didn’t drop a set in the Sunshine Double. Like, he didn’t lose a set in the Sunshine Double. You don’t have like a bad day, right?

Andy Roddick added

Sinner is on a 17-match winning streak in Masters 1000 events. Before the Sunshine Double, he won the 2025 Paris Masters.

Andy Roddick on Jannik Sinner’s serve

Jannik Sinner, after his four-set defeat to Carlos Alcaraz in the 2025 US Open final, admitted that his game had become predictable and expressed his wish to add more variety to his game. He also wanted to improve certain aspects of his game, including his serve.

Jannik Sinner
Jannik Sinner (Image via X/4K JANNIK SINNER)

At the Miami Open, Sinner was broken just once (by Alex Michelsen in the third round). He smashed 70 aces throughout the tournament. Andy Roddick, during his Served podcast, said this about Sinner’s serving surge:

It’s weird to look at someone like Sinner and go, I think he has improved since last year. If you look at the serving statistics from the US Open and later from last year, there is a very clear statistical improvement on first serve percentage and first serve points won.

In last year’s US Open final, Sinner served two aces to Alcaraz’s 10 and finished with four double faults, while the Spaniard had served none. This year, he has so far hit 232 aces (seventh on the ATP Tour list).

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