Wilander: Djokovic promotes Sinner, Alcaraz progressing

After the Big 3 era with Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, Tennis are witnessing the double -handed race between Sinner and Alcaraz. The duo is expected to continue to be the focus, promising to create another top -notch confrontation in the 2025 expanded finals. However, the 1988 American champion expected to change the style of some players to break the Song Ma.

"Interesting thing in Sinner and Alcaraz is their different style of play: they hit faster, catch the ball earlier, especially Jannik when the ball is flying high ", Wilander said on August 24 in the French newspaper 'équipe. "They moved quickly and surpassed all. The big question I want to ask is whether the players with the style of 'classic ' more like Stefanos Tsitsipas, Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev or Holger Rune need to change the gameplay to catch up with their pace. But now, no one does not do that . Alcaraz acquired all four Grand Slam titles, and eight other ATP Tour titles. No Grand Slam escapes one of these superstars since the US expanded 2023.

"sinner and Alcaraz are capable of creating similar dominance Federer and Nadal have done, before Djokovic appears ", Wilander, currently 61 years old, said. "Both have unique strengths. Alcaraz always plays better at the most necessary times, regardless of who the opponent is. Sinner does not fear, almost never suffered from psychological pressure. With Italian player, no problem, only solutions. Sinner goes on non -stop, with extreme attack play..

According to Wilander, if there is a player who can shake the dominance of the duo, especially in the US expanding 2025 and Australia expands the first 2026, which is Ben Shelton of the US. "Thanks to the powerful serve and different playing styles, Ben may not be able to win the tournament, but at least can defeat one of these two players ", he said. When the US expanded 2025. But he believed that Djokovic continued and competing was necessary for two junior superstars.

"I would like to thank Djokovic for still playing, because he forced Sinner and Alcaraz to think ", Wilander said. "The gameplay in tennis is now too fast, less time to think. You are always in a response position. But Djokovic is different, he forced you to 'think ' thought ".

"Djokovic can hit a few left -hand Slice, then suddenly catch the ball early and switch to very strong hit. More than everything that has been achieved before: he motivated the other two, forcing them to constantly progress.