With that in mind, Alcaraz has revealed that he wants more consistency next year, praising Sinner for his impressive 2024 season.
“Yeah, for sure. I mean, it doesn’t matter that I have beaten Jannik three times. Probably I didn’t play good tennis in some tournaments,” explained Alcaraz. “You know, my percentage of wins this year is really, really high, but Jannik is another level this year, so over the 91% of wins this year. So just few players have done this before.”
The Wimbledon champion continued, “But I think every player is looking to be more consistent during the year. You know, in every tournament that you’re going to play, you want to go far or as far as you can.
“That’s my goal for next year. In the tournaments that I didn’t play well or I didn’t go as far as I wanted, I just try to do it. I will try to not lose in the first rounds that probably this year I have lost in the first rounds.”Alcaraz will hope to close that gap on Sinner this week in Paris, beginning his campaign against Chilean Nicolas Jarry later today.Inside the baseline…Carlos Alcaraz’s honesty is admirable, as Jannik Sinner’s comments did not seem to be believed, given that there was little other incentive to play the exhibition in Riyadh other than money. Sinner has only lost six matches on tour in 2024, with half of those coming to Alcaraz. However, Sinner has managed to reach the latter stages of more tournaments than Alcaraz, particularly on hard courts where he has been by far the best player this year, with two majors and three Masters 1000 titles on the surface.
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