[laughingcavalier]

Wow

Smart though

Don’t want to risk the 6 Kings Slam

Will you stop with the Six Kings nonsense

 

[Lorenzo P]

Everyone is lying about their injures

Alcaraz said that the ankle injury was already disappeared but he was forced to miss a 1000

After Wimbledon Sinner lost his serve and power but he still says that it's "all okay"

 

[Mathiass]

So are we just gonna ignore that Carlos just toyed an entire ATP 500 field, including the world #5 with one leg🤣

Get well soon, Carlos.

 

[Harpie Lady]

Congrats to Sinner for his second consecutive YE #1

 

[Drango]

Good decision, but his main mistake was playing Tokyo instead of Shanghai in the 1st place

Now we have a very tough 2nd half of the draw, and very easy 1st half, with plenty of opportunities for players to make a SF/F there

 

[SanO]

Good decision from Carlos, it’s better to rest for 10 days than to push the ankle and risk a bigger injury.

And I don’t think it changes much for the number 1 spot, I don’t expect Jannik to play Paris and Vienna either, he’ll probably skip a tournament to rest as well.

 

[Henrik]

Wise choice, even if is just a minor thing. Losing the points in Shanghai likely won't cost him year-end number one. Playing and aggravating things could cost a lot more.

 

[Dominic S]

Will you stop with the Six Kings nonsense

Do these guys not want to win the most money possible? Why else be a pro tennis player?

 

[Fogmeister]

These late season tournaments are tough for Alcaraz. I guess he is trying to get at 100% in Turim. Makes sense.

 

[Federinka]

Take a good rest and then win Paris and YEC, Carlos

 

[FlyingKite]

Wise choice and mind games. Sinner likely won’t sweep like last year as he is losing sets left and right, even Shanghai will be risky for him to drop points.

Carlos don’t have anything to defend, as long he shows up fresh in Paris and Turin he can win both.

 

[Johnny Groove]

Will you stop with the Six Kings nonsense

I'm a sales and marketing guy, can't help it haha

 

[SetSampras]

Why do you need 2 ankles to beat this tour? The third best player is a part time 50 year old man. Heck now is the time to vulture everything. In 3-4 years the tour won't possibly be this bad I wouldn't think

 

[AntiTardDefenseSystem]

Very slight

Momentum building opportunity though

There's no point in Sinner banging his head against the wall for YEC. If Alcaraz does poorly and Sinner goes on an insane tear then he'll get it. But it's not worth overplaying for. It's very likely Alcaraz gains points in Turin anyways (not to mention all the other tournaments like Paris).

HOWEVER, all tournaments are connected and I think Sinner should focus on playing just enough where he chips away at the point difference slowly to enter striking distance by AO 2026. At that point, AO 2026 is essentially a very critical slam for Sinner anyways so he'll have to do well (ie. win it) anyways.

I think Sinner should skip Davis Cup this time tbh. Vienna also probably worth skipping, rather he plays Paris.

 

[AntiTardDefenseSystem]

Sinner likely won’t sweep like last year as he is losing sets left and right

Coming from an Alcaraz fan this is funny

 

[Cloren]

Alcaraz has no choice but to withdraw after that ankle injury. It was the sensible option after the week he had.

With that said, I still think his schedule was too much after the US Open. Ideally would have been to play Shanghai after the US Open but I understand that may have been a long break so he should have sticked to playing LC and then Shanghai. But now after playing so much tennis, he’s forced to withdraw from another Masters, his 3rd masters withdrawal this season due to precautionary measures.

It happened in Barcelona as well. I think Alcaraz needs to withdraw from some 500s and prioritise masters more.

 

[AntiTardDefenseSystem]

I don’t expect Jannik to play Paris

I think you're right but it's very disappointing the tour has ended this way. Paris is an actual tournament with reasonable prestige, it's insane to me that the top 2 are basically at a point where they sacrifice Paris for Turin even if they aren't actually injured.

 

[The Federest]

Ankle, or heel injuries, and bone spures, are are the devil for tennis players. But oddly,
bone spures were the angel for Trumpstein, because it helped him escape military service.

 

[AntiTardDefenseSystem]

Good decision, but his main mistake was playing Tokyo instead of Shanghai in the 1st place

Now we have a very tough 2nd half of the draw, and very easy 1st half, with plenty of opportunities for players to make a SF/F there

Indeed, the biggest play by Alcaraz here is him pitting Djoko in Sinner's half this time. I'm not sure if this is good or bad for Nole.

 

[FlyingKite]

Coming from an Alcaraz fan this is funny

He is challenging Sinner to defend all the perfect sweep points last year. It will be tough as tomorrow Shanghai starts. I think Sinner level isn’t as high as last year.