Ivan Ljubicic, who has earned the bulk of his fame for being a long-time coach of Roger Federer’s, has now sent a message to Jannik Sinner after his Wimbledon title.
A maiden triumph at the All-England Club for the 23-year-old, he deservedly took the crown from the two-time defending champion, the better player on the day.
And Carlos Alcaraz was seemingly well aware of that, congratulating him at the net, clapping his rival as he celebrated with his team, and speaking glowingly in his on-court interview.
The mutual respect shared between these two is palpable, and it will hopefully make for plenty more historic battles on the sport’s biggest stages.
However, Ljubicic’s message to Jannik Sinner was not actually about the tennis, but instead what he noticed from within his box.
Ivan Ljubicic sends message to Jannik Sinner after winning Wimbledon
Taking to X, the 46-year-old, who only ever made it to the third round at Wimbledon as a player, was naturally full of praise for the Italian.
However, he also sought to make a ‘very important’ point away from the sport, about the crucial role that family plays within such success.
He wrote: “Congratulations to @janniksin and his team for their first @Wimbledon title!
“One consideration that goes unobserved and but very important… is that his father was working during RG final and his mom was sitting outside his box today. Note to all parents out there. Let them be.”
Sinner rated his rivalry with Alcaraz after the match, further exemplifying that aforementioned respect which comes from being raised into two mature, brilliant young men.
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will now battle for historic career milestone
In winning Wimbledon, Sinner has moved to within just one title of completing the career slam.
Alcaraz, similarly, has just the Australian Open left to complete his collection of majors.
Despite the former being a year older, it will still be really interesting to see how they compete for this huge honour, and who might be the first to claim it.
This has been an accolade that the Spaniard has been chasing for over a year, after he won his first French Open and Wimbledon titles last year.
He reached just the quarter-finals in Melbourne, and has done so for the past two years.
Meanwhile, Sinner was just one point away last month in Paris from having already achieved this feat. Ironically, it was a mountain of Alcaraz magic that prevented this from occurring, keeping himself in the race for the career slam.
There’s no doubt that both of these superstars will likely achieve this within the next few years. It will just be interesting to see who can manage it first.
