“He is light years away from Sinner,” Carlos Alcaraz brutally compared to Jannik Sinner as his mental framework seems lacking to former ATP icon

The Italian icon made a brutally honest comparison between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.

“He is light years away from Sinner,” Carlos Alcaraz brutally compared to Jannik Sinner as his mental framework seems lacking to former ATP icon

Paolo Bertolucci, Jannik Sinner, and Carlos Alcaraz (Via Open Source)

In the exciting world of tennis, every generation produces a few youngsters that steal the spotlight. After the Big Three, it was time for youngsters like Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner to shine.

The up-and-rising new generation comes with a new firepower in them. While Alcaraz has the power and agility on the court, Sinner is more mentally strong. Always competing against each other, the youngsters try to rise to the top. 

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While it has always been the Spaniard on top, Sinner has started to be more dangerous. After a recent Australian Open, many even consider the Italian a stronger youngster. Former ATP icon Paolo Bertolucci also seconded these opinions. He stated that he finds Alcaraz’s mental framework light-years away from Sinner. 

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In my opinion, Alcaraz is great technically, even physically, but mentally he is light years away from Sinner.
Said Bertolucci in an interview

The former Italian player reckons that Alcaraz looks for something else besides winning a point, trying to make it fun for the audience.

Whereas Sinner focuses solely on winning the point. He also stated that Alcaraz has a tennis made of ‘special effects’ about some blinder shots that the Spaniard pulls off during the match. 

Paolo Bertolucci compares ‘special effect’ Carlos Alcaraz to the very disciplined Jannik Sinner 

In a recent interview on Fan Page, former Italian player Paolo Bertolucci gave a verdict on the better youngster as he compared Alcaraz with compatriot Jannik Sinner. 

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz (via ATP tour)

The 72-year-old considers Alcaraz to be unsatisfied with the point and does something out of the blue, making the point a thriller one.

While it is true that there are times to have fun on court, it is also important to stick to the basics in tight situations. Carlos Alcaraz is one of the players who is all around the court, playing a wide variety of shots, which usually leaves his opponent in shock. While these shots have given the Spaniard immense success, the ATP icon thinks otherwise. With this in mind, he revealed Sinner to have a better mental framework than World No. 2. 

Alcaraz lost in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, while Sinner went on to win his maiden Slam in Melbourne. As rivals, they are inclined to perform better than one another, and in this instance, it was Sinner who stood victorious. 

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