Throughout an interview on the Finest Tennis podcast, former world #1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov harshly attacked Jannik Sinner, saying that the Italian is a tennis participant stupidly designed to hit and that solely Carlos Alcaraz may be positioned on a par with the Large 3 Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. And the previous Russian tennis participant ventured a comparability between the Italian ATP No.1 and two gamers of his time: the Swede Tomas Johansson and the Slovakian Dominic Hrbaty.
“Sinner is a serial hitter, a high-level participant however he’s one-dimensional, that’s, he lacks the flexibility of play that characterizes the good champions,” he stated.
For the winner of Roland Garros 1996 and Australian Open 1999, Sinner is stupidly designed to hit, a modernized and modified model of gamers like Hrbaty and Johansson. Let’s keep in mind that Hrbaty was at most quantity 12 on the planet whereas Johansson, who received a Grand Slam occasion in Australia, in 2002, within the ultimate over Marat Safin, and was at most quantity 7 on the planet.
Kafelnikov as a substitute praised Alcaraz, thought of because the Large 3: I feel that when it comes to potential and expertise Alcaraz will not be inferior to Djokovic, Nadal and Federer. Sinner is one other matter,” he added.
The Russian former world #1 additionally praised Djokovic: “He has quite a bit in his arsenal, he can play each assault and protection.”
The younger Italian is in these on the middle of some criticism from former tennis gamers and tennis gamers, for numerous causes, equivalent to his phrases relating to The Six Kings Slam prize cash or the intricate clostebol doping problem that sees him as an unwilling protagonist.
Making an attempt to not less than reply to the controversy surrounding the prize cash of the Arab exhibition occasion, the younger Italian defined throughout an interview with Eurosport: “I do not play for the cash, it is quite simple. Positive, $6 million is a number of prize cash, however I went to Riyadh as a result of there have been most likely the six greatest gamers on the planet and you may compete with them. It was additionally a pleasant occasion, it was my first time in Riyadh and it was very good. Once you come again as a winner for me it was extra like saying: OK, I performed the matches in the proper manner and I hope this will enhance me as a participant for the long run. In fact cash is necessary, however not that a lot. I dwell nicely even with out cash. What’s far more necessary is my well being, my household and the truth that I’m surrounded by the proper individuals. Cash is simply an additional.”
