Is tennis in safe hands? The original fantastic Four is now down to one after Roger Federer retired in the September of 2022 and Andy Murray retired this year, playing his last game at the Paris Olympics and Rafael Nadal will also be retiring at the end of the 2024 season.
With the legends of the game calling it quits after putting on the some of the best tennis performance for the fans, that leaves the door open for the new generation of stars to come through and there is two that are shining brighter than the others, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.
The Italian Sinner is currently the world number one and the Spaniard sits one place behind him in 2nd, the pair have only faced each other 10 times with the 21 year old Alcaraz beating the 23 year old six times. The most recent game was in the Beijing Finals where Carlos claimed his 16th title of his career.
The pair turned pro in the same year, however Alcaraz has claimed four Grand Slams compared to Janniks’ two although the Italian has more career titles as of now.
Since they both started their pro career, the Pair have quite even percentages Overall and on each surface. Their best first serve points win are on grass with the Italian have a better percentage with 78% to Alcaraz’s 74%. They also share their lowest percentage on the clay surface.
Even if it is only Novak Djokovic left from the famous Four the future of tennis will be in face hands with the world number one and two but also other many talented stars climbing the ranks.
