{"id":130444,"date":"2025-09-09T05:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T05:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/130444\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T05:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T05:12:08","slug":"jannik-sinner-picks-a-damning-word-to-describe-his-performance-against-carlos-alcaraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/130444\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner picks a damning word to describe his performance against Carlos Alcaraz"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was after a defeat against Novak Djokovic<\/a> at Wimbledon that the word \u2018predictable\u2019 was thrown in Jannik Sinner\u2019s direction and he didn\u2019t hesitate to raise the issue himself after his defeat against Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> in the US Open final.<\/p>\n

Djokovic offered up some words of advice to Sinner via his coach Darren Cahill after that loss on grass courts at the All England Club, with the Italian urged to add more layers to his game by the most successful make tennis player of all time.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the players that I tapped on the shoulder \u2014 he (Sinner) lost to Novak a couple of years ago at Wimbledon in five sets. Won the first two sets, Novak came back and ran away with it,\u201d explained the Australian, in an appearance on the Served podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cNovak got used to his ball, got used to the shape, got used to the pace and then just locked in, like Novak does, and doesn\u2019t miss. And won the last three sets reasonably easily.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I saw Novak, and he\u2019s always great with this, he\u2019s always been incredible when you tap him on the shoulder. And I said, \u2018Hey listen, I\u2019ve just started with Jannik, don\u2019t tell me anything you don\u2019t want to tell me, but can I ask what you were feeling out there?\u2019 And he was incredible.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe basically said, \u2018Hey listen. Good luck with working with him. Hits the ball great, but there\u2019s no variation. So you know, there\u2019s no shape on his shot. There\u2019s no height over the net. Doesn\u2019t come to the net. He\u2019s not trying to bring me in, I know that he returns well, but he\u2019s not attacking my serve on the return of serve.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo he went through his whole game and broke it down. It wasn\u2019t like it was revelations to what we didn\u2019t know about Jannik and what we were trying to change in his game.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when you take that conversation and sit down with a young man like Jannik Sinner and say,\u2019 Hey, listen, I just spoke to Novak and this is what he thinks\u2019, that leaves a big impression on a young player. So for Jannik it\u2019s: \u2018Right, give it to me. Let\u2019s start doing these changes\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

The changes Sinner and his team made have had a spectacular impact, with Sinner sweeping up four Grand Slam titles over the last couple of years and rising to No 1 in the ATP Rankings, but Sunday\u2019s US Open final defeat against Alcaraz<\/a> left the impression that the tide has turned in their battle.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz admitted he needed to make improvements after he lost against Sinner and Wimbledon and now the Italian is in the role of the chaser, as he looks up at new world No 1 Alcaraz and plots a way to knock him off his perch.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very predictable today,\u201d conceded Sinner. \u201cHe did many things, he changed up the game. That\u2019s also his style of how he plays now it\u2019s gonna be on me if I want to make changes or not, you know, so that\u2019s definitely, we are gonna work on that. Trying to be more prepared for the next match, what I will play against him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also, I feel like, depends how you arrive to play against Carlos. You know, one thing is when the scoreline matches before it\u2019s comfortable. But you always do the same things, you know, like I did, for example, during this tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t make one volley, you know, I didn\u2019t use a lot of drop shots. And then you arrive to a point where you play against Carlos when, where you have to go out of the comfort zone so I\u2019m gonna aim to, you know, maybe even losing some matches from now on, but trying to do some changes, trying to be a bit more unpredictable as a player and because I think that\u2019s what I have to do, trying to become a better tennis player.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sinner has often spoken about his desire to improve his net play and he also hinted he would need to add more consistency to his first serve, after a match when his first serves, in particular, misfired.<\/p>\n

The calm and composed Sinner did not look like a man panicking after his chastening defeat against Alcaraz, but he knows nothing but his A-game will do when he faces his biggest rival.<\/p>\n

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