Italy’s Jannik Sinner and Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz shake palms after the ultimate. Picture: REUTERS
SEOUL:
As Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner put together for his or her season-opening exhibition match in Incheon, the world’s high two males’s tennis gamers floated the prospect of at some point enjoying collectively in a doubles event.
The pair, who’ve gained 9 of the final 10 Grand Slam titles between them, will meet within the Hyundai Card Tremendous Match on the Encourage Area on Saturday, eight days earlier than the Australian Open begins at Melbourne Park.
“It was a few times we thought of it,” world primary Alcaraz informed a press convention on Friday, which was adopted by a playful desk tennis session in entrance of a whole bunch of followers.
“However being singles gamers and enjoying so many matches, event after event in a row, it is actually tough to play doubles typically.
“At the least as soon as can be wonderful. However I feel I play forehand and he (Sinner) performs backhand.”
Sinner additionally embraced the concept.
“I feel it might be enjoyable no less than one time to share the court docket in several methods, on the identical facet,” he mentioned.
“We’re going to discuss it perhaps this 12 months. Or subsequent 12 months, why not? It should be a shock!”
‘Making our personal story’
The duo, dubbed “Sincaraz”, have helped usher males’s tennis into a brand new period past the “Large Three” of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
“We now have an awesome rivalry. We additionally have to see how lengthy we are able to sustain this stage. What the ‘Large Three’ has accomplished, we can not examine ourselves with them. We additionally do not wish to. We’re simply ourselves,” world quantity two Sinner mentioned.
“We wish to make our personal story. It is how all the things needs to be. In sport, we must always not examine a lot as a result of everyone seems to be totally different. I am completely happy to be a part of this two in the intervening time.
“There are various nice different gamers and if we drop just a bit bit, they’ll take our place. It is nice to have him to push me to the restrict.”
Sinner confused that their performances within the Seoul conflict wouldn’t be a real indicator of how they are going to fare on the Australian Open.
“We’re completely happy to be right here, we’re completely happy to offer hopefully good tennis tomorrow,” the Italian added.
“However it’s not going to replicate on any of us how we will begin the event in Australia. We’re right here to make hopefully an excellent match, but in addition to place a smile on as many individuals as potential.”
