Tennis commentator David Law has urged Jannik Sinner not to compare his game with Alcaraz after the US Open final loss. Sinner admitted he was predictable in his four-set loss against Carlos Alcaraz at the Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York on Sunday.
The Italian wants to add more weapons to his arsenal and said he would be willing to lose some matches to become a better player. Sinner said Alcaraz was able to do many things right in the New York Major final and added he would look to add more variety to his game.
Sinner has a solid game from the baseline, and Law said he must not look to copy Alcaraz’s style.
David Law said on Tennis Podcast, “He was almost like he was jealous of Carlos today, and he wanted to be like him.
“And I do think that that was his version of a real emotional reaction to today, and a sort of looking at himself as if, oh, I’m rubbish, I’m nowhere near as good as him, you know, look at all the stuff he can do. I can’t do that. I want to be able to do that.
“And I do think he’s fundamentally wrong because I don’t think, if he’s serious, I think he’s going to be disappointed, because he’s not gonna be able to turn himself into Carlos Alcaraz. Not the way Alcaraz has kind of been able to turn himself into Jannik Sinner today.
“It’s easier for somebody without array of skills if you can get the right mental approach to lock down and do one thing a lot better, serve and be more solid from the baseline than it is for a player who’s a great baseline, well, the best baseline as just a standard baseliner, like Jannik Sinner is to suddenly expect him to be able to do all the stuff that that Alcaraz can, to have that degree of variety.
“Maybe it’s maybe it is more incremental than that, really. And I think the incremental changes would make sense to be a little less predictable. And I already think he’s added those things to his game over the last couple of years. But come on, Jannik, you know, I know this head-to-head looks like Sinner has a problem with Alcaraz, but it really doesn’t feel like that.”
Sinner would look to make a solid comeback after his US Open final loss.
