{"id":542,"date":"2025-07-17T14:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T14:16:09","slug":"nick-kyrgios-gives-his-view-on-whether-carlos-alcaraz-and-jannik-sinner-are-better-than-rafael-nadal-and-roger-federer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios gives his view on whether Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are better than Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since the beginning of the 2024 season, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have been a class above on the ATP Tour.<\/p>\n

The world number one and two have shared the previous seven Grand Slams amongst themselves, with Alcaraz<\/a> winning three and Sinner winning four.<\/p>\n

They have also contested the last two major finals, as Alcaraz and Sinner<\/a> met in Paris and London.<\/p>\n

\"JannikPhoto by Visionhaus via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Dominating in the manner they have, many have questioned whether the youngsters could one day surpass the records of some of the ATP Tour\u2019s<\/a> greatest-ever players.<\/p>\n

Comparing eras is never easy, but Nick Kyrgios<\/a> has now given his verdict on whether Alcaraz and Sinner are better than Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.<\/p>\n

Nick Kyrgios thinks Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will \u2018eventually surpass\u2019 tennis legends<\/p>\n

During the latest episode of \u2018All on the Table\u2019, Kyrgios and Patrick Mouratoglou<\/a> discussed the differences between Alcaraz\/Sinner and Nadal\/Federer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they are playing better. I think the game keeps evolving,\u201d said Mouratoglou.<\/p>\n

\u201cI watched the final of Roland Garros<\/a> [between Alcaraz and Sinner] and then saw the final on grass between Federer and Nadal [at Wimbledon], and it\u2019s so much slower. The pace they play is unreal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyrgios doesn\u2019t think Sinner and Alcaraz are quite there yet but believes they have the potential to surpass Federer and Nadal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard for me to say, maybe because I am getting older too, I think they will eventually surpass them, but not right now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt their prime. Prime Federer that year, where he won Indian Wells, Miami, Australian Open. That year, I don\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe slice. I think Federer would play really well against Sinner and the slices and bring him forward, he would make him feel [uncomfortable].<\/p>\n

\"RogerPhoto by Adam Pretty\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd Federer against [Daniil] Medvedev<\/a>, I think Federer would destroy him. But then I think maybe Alcaraz beats Federer. I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s hard for me to say they are better right now, or maybe I don\u2019t want to.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mouratoglou proceeded to say he doesn\u2019t like \u2018comparing eras\u2019, but highlighted the advantage Alcaraz would have over Federer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am just saying it\u2019s a lot faster, and if you look at Alcaraz, his game, he can do everything that Roger was doing but faster, so that is my feeling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I don\u2019t like to compare eras because tennis was there. We had the greatest champions at that time, but tennis was going to another level, it was always evolving, and at the moment we have the best champions we can have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kyrgios and Mouratoglou also took the time to weigh in on a controversial debate, which has been doing the rounds since the French Open.<\/p>\n

Could Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner beat \u2018prime\u2019 Rafael Nadal on clay?<\/p>\n

During the French Open, tennis legend John McEnroe<\/a> controversially claimed Alcaraz and Sinner would be favored to beat \u2018prime\u2019 Nadal on clay<\/p>\n

Kyrgios and Mouratoglou have now weighed in with their thoughts, disagreeing with the American.<\/p>\n

\u201cNadal on the clay in his prime, I don\u2019t think they are better,\u201d said Kyrgios.<\/p>\n

\u201cI agree with that because Nadal has such a different game on clay than anyone, so it is difficult to imagine what it would look like to play prime Rafa on clay,\u201d added Mouratoglou.<\/p>\n

\"RafaelPhoto by Clive Mason\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Kyrgios then predicted how Alcaraz would fare against the 14-time Roland Garros champion on clay.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Alcaraz would beat him sometimes, but Nadal would probably win six or seven times out of 10 on clay,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut then Alcaraz would probably beat him anywhere else, so maybe he is better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alcaraz and Nadal played one another three times on the ATP Tour, as the veteran won their head-to-head, 2-1.<\/p>\n

2021 Madrid Open 2R \u2013 Rafael Nadal beat Carlos Alcaraz, 6-1, 6-22022 Indian Wells SF \u2013 Rafael Nadal beat Carlos Alcaraz, 6-4, 4-6, 6-32022 Madrid Open QF \u2013 Carlos Alcaraz beat Rafael Nadal, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3<\/p>\n

It is, however, important to note that neither Nadal nor Alcaraz were in their \u2018prime\u2019 during their three career meetings.<\/p>\n

We will never know how the Alcaraz of today would compete against Nadal during his best years, but it is certainly interesting to think about.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since the beginning of the 2024 season, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have been a class above on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[753,64,63,962,754,963,964,965,85,747],"class_list":["post-542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-jannik-sinner","tag-nick-kyrgios","tag-rafael-nadal","tag-roger-federer","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}