{"id":21873,"date":"2025-07-25T03:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T03:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/21873\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T03:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T03:55:08","slug":"carlos-alcaraz-performs-a-180-and-comes-clean-on-jannik-sinner-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/21873\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz performs a 180 and comes clean on Jannik Sinner relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have won the last seven Grand Slam titles between them and have formed a rivalry in recent years, with the Spaniard now discussing their relationship\"CarlosCarlos Alcaraz opened up on his relationship with Jannik Sinner(Image: Julian Finney\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Carlos Alcaraz has opened up about his relationship with his fiercest rival, Jannik Sinner. The tennis<\/a> superstars have dominated the majors over the past two years, winning the past seven Grand Slam titles between them while forming an enthralling rivalry.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz<\/a> holds an 8-5 lead in their head-to-head encounters, though Sinner recently staged a stunning comeback from a set behind to win<\/a> during the Wimbledon<\/a> final. Unlike some legendary rivalries such as the \u2018Big Three\u2019, where friendships developed much later<\/a>, Alcaraz already believes he shares a bond with the world<\/a> No. 1.<\/p>\n

But that hasn\u2019t always been the case, as the 22-year-old Spaniard previously stated they couldn’t be “close friends,” reports the Express<\/a>. Following his first Grand Slam final defeat to Sinner at Wimbledon, Alcaraz remained gracious in defeat and praised the Italian, 23.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to congratulate Jannik once again. It is really well deserved and an unbelievable two weeks for you here in London. For your team as well.<\/p>\n

“I know there are a lot of family and friends that flew out for you. I am really happy for you,\u201d he told Sinner on Centre Court earlier this month.<\/p>\n

The world No. 2 didn’t hold back when talking up their rivalry either, later hinting that no other players on the circuit were matching the standard they brought to their nail-biting clashes. Beyond their on-court battles, Alcaraz has now also revealed that he enjoys conversations with Sinner away from tennis.<\/p>\n

The five-time Grand Slam champion told Gazzetta<\/a>: \u201cTennis is a unique sport that allows you to be great rivals on the court and, at the same time, maintain mutual respect.<\/p>\n

\"CarlosAlcaraz holds his closest rival in high regard(Image: Shaun Brooks – CameraSport, CameraSport via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cSinner and I are good friends; we can talk about many things off the court. I have great respect for him; he’s a great person; I’m sure we’ll always be able to maintain this relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Murcian\u2019s comments come as somewhat of a surprise given his previous remarks claiming that they couldn\u2019t be close<\/a>. Following a victory over Sinner in a thrilling ATP 500 final in Beijing, Alcaraz said: \u201cOnce we are on tour, travelling, at tournaments, on site, we are with our teams and on our own, so we don’t speak too much.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut when we can, we talk a little bit besides tennis, about life. But not too much. It means we have a good relationship but we are not close friends. I think the respect we have puts us in a position that we have a really good relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"JannikAlcaraz and Sinner have already delivered some instant classics(Image: Rob Newell – CameraSport, CameraSport via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Alcaraz also previously revealed that he did not reach out to Sinner while the Italian was serving a three-month ban earlier this year. Explaining his silence, Alcaraz admitted: \u201cI didn’t call him.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t talk to him in the three months. But it wasn’t about if I agreed or not. I mean, I was playing. I was in my feelings, as well.”<\/p>\n

Yet, Alcaraz has maintained a good bond with Sinner since his comeback, and they have already faced each other on three occasions. The former won the Italian Open and the French Open finals, while Sinner came out on top in SW19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have won the last seven Grand Slam titles between them and have formed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1308,870,7384,13976,101,118,56,54,55,116],"class_list":["post-21873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-atp","tag-carlos-alcaraz","tag-french-open","tag-italian-open","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wimbledon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}