Carlos Alcaraz has gone in opposition to Jannik Sinner’s current remarks as he shared his “dream” to have a Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal-style rivalry with the Italian. It comes after Sinner claimed that he didn’t consider he was a real rival for Alcaraz but, as a substitute stating that the Spaniard’s competitors with Novak Djokovic was significantly better. But Alcaraz shut his feedback down and defined why it was “different” dealing with Sinner.

Alcaraz not too long ago suffered a defeat to Sinner of their China Open semi-final match. It was the seventh assembly between the pair and allowed the 22-year-old to turn out to be the primary participant on tour to defeat the Spaniard not less than 4 instances. 

The world No 2 is now hoping that they proceed to have a rivalry for the ages, sharing his want to emulate what Federer, Nadal and Novak Djokovic have achieved by way of years of thrilling showdowns. “Well, honestly, it could be great if it’s like Rafa and Roger,” Alcaraz informed Tennis TV, addressing his competitors with Sinner.

“It would be the dream of ourselves and of course from the tennis fans I think. But I don’t know. Rafa and Roger, Roger and Djokovic, Djokovic and Rafa, whatever it is.” The two-time Grand Slam champion already by way of that they'd fashioned a robust rivalry as he defined why it was completely different dealing with Sinner in comparison with anybody else on tour.

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Alcaraz added: “Well we have a good rivalry honestly. I’m a guy who doesn’t want to lose in every match but obviously against him, as I said, it’s different. I feel different. So every time that I beat him or I lose against him is kind of different for me. But it’s something that I learn from every match that we’ve played against each other.”

The 20-year-old’s feedback go in opposition to one thing Sinner himself stated not too long ago, because the nine-time title winner downplayed his rivalry with Alcaraz and stated he couldn’t be in comparison with the Spaniard. “Look, at the moment it's tough to talk about this rivalry because I feel he has won so many things at the moment,” the world No 4 stated forward of the China Open.

Sinner additionally put the highlight on Alcaraz’s rivalry with Djokovic, which has seen the pair contest three thrilling matches this 12 months on the French Open, Wimbledon and the Cincinnati Open. Sinner added: “I feel in the mean time he is nonetheless a greater participant, no?