Andy Roddick Sends Warning of Progress to Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz: “It Always Gets Better”

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz will square off against each other in an exhibition event in South Korea next year.

Andy Roddick Sends Warning of Progress to Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz: “It Always Gets Better”

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

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Some section of the tennis community thinks Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are better players than Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic. Tennis has become faster, and players are adapting to it accordingly.

Many aspects of the game will keep evolving, believes former player Andy Roddick. The 2003 US Open champion is convinced players 20 years from now will play better tennis than the current ones, suggesting that better players than Alcaraz and Sinner would emerge later.

Thing about sports, it always gets better. Players are going to be better 20 years. from now than they were 20 years ago. Yeah. Anyone who tells you differently is lying to you or themselves.

Andy Roddick said on his Served podcast

Sinner and Alcaraz have won a combined 26 titles from 35 finals since the 2024 season. Also, since the 2024 season, no players other than them have won the Grand Slam titles.

This season, Sinner made it to 10 finals, winning six titles, while Alcaraz took home eight trophies from 11 finals. Sinner, in fact, progressed to the finals of every Major.

Andy Roddick on the Carlos Alcaraz versus Jannik Sinner Roland Garros final

Jannik Sinner, after his three-month doping ban, played the final of the Italian Open only to lose in straight sets to Carlos Alcaraz. Then the World No.1 and the World No.2 made the final of the French Open, and what the tennis world witnessed will surely be remembered for a long time.

Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner (2)
Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner (Image via X/Carlos Alcaraz 4K, Jannik Sinner HQ)

Sinner, despite squandering a 2-0 lead, was still on the verge of scripting history as he had three championship points in the fourth set. But he ended up squandering them as well, as Alcaraz ended the tie-break in his favor and eventually the match. Andy Roddick, during his Served podcast, reacted once again to the epic final.

I don’t know that I’ve ever seen more respect for the athleticism that tennis requires. I think for the mental anguish that tennis requires as after that match with Alcarez and center at the French Open.

Andy Roddick said

It was the first time Sinner and Alcaraz met in a Grand Slam final. They went on to meet in the finals of Wimbledon and the US Open. Sinner denied the Spaniard a three-peat at SW19, while Alcaraz stopped the Italian from defending his US Open crown.

So I think there are certain moments in time in our sport where it’s like finally the stage met the physical display, the mental display, and all of a sudden I’m getting 200 text messages from friends, who maybe tennis isn’t their favorite sport, going, you know what, I’ve never seen athleticism like that in my life. I can’t believe what I just watched. Winner winner. Can’t say sinner dinner. Alcarez won, but something dinner.

Andy Roddick added

Sinner and Alcaraz met for the last time in the title clash of the ATP Finals. The four-time Grand Slam champion defended his crown with a straight-set win to improve his winning streak in indoor hardcourt events to 31 matches and also his win-loss record over the six-time Grand Slam champion to 6-10.

Sinner and Alcaraz will lock horns with each other before the Australian Open next year. They will be playing in an exhibition event in South Korea.

Then, at the Australian Open, while Sinner will be bidding for a three-peat, Alcaraz will be aiming to complete his Career Grand Slam. The 22-year-old has never progressed beyond the quarterfinals of the Melbourne Major. This year, while Sinner breezed past Alexander Zverev in the final, Alcaraz lost in the last eight against 10-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic.

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