Sinner needs to think long-term, not short-term. He shouldn't care about n.1 this year or even Turin. It's almost a waste of time for long-term goals (winning more slams).
It's a better idea to transform into a new, better player in the off-season than fight for n.1 and not be much of a different player next year. The off-season isn't long enough to relax a bit, train intensely and have enough time to recover. Not enough time to transform into a new, better player for most imo. It doesn't happen that often due to lack of time. Sure some players can pull a transformation off but it's much harder to do in such a short period of time. Tennis season is too long and exhausting and proper recovery time is needed to train intensely again and also have time to recover from that training before the tennis season starts.
Sinner is behind Alcaraz fitness-wise. It's clear. He needs to shorten the strength gap. Bulking up a bit might help him out to handle the stress better of sliding and running. Even Prime Djokovic wasn't this thin (at least not the lower body). He also had a stronger upper body and shoulders than Sinner. Nole was much stronger overall after 2010. He was a true Iron Man. Sinner isn't yet imo.
Take the rest of the year off and set a big training camp to improve overall strength and the serve. The weak shoulders of his won't handle serving hard consistently anyway, even with the proper technique. Sampras and Federer had insanely strong shoulders. Sinner has chicken wing shoulders in comparison. Too weak. All great servers had fairly strong (but also flexible) shoulders in addition to their great technique.
If Sinner doesn't invest more time into strength training (especially strengthening these shoulders) and overall fitness, there is a good chance he will be facing the same issues with Alcaraz next season. He already has a big sample size since early 2024 against Alcaraz, and the record isn't flattering. He has to do something radical, and that starts with proper strength training imo.
It's a better idea to transform into a new, better player in the off-season than fight for n.1 and not be much of a different player next year. The off-season isn't long enough to relax a bit, train intensely and have enough time to recover. Not enough time to transform into a new, better player for most imo. It doesn't happen that often due to lack of time. Sure some players can pull a transformation off but it's much harder to do in such a short period of time. Tennis season is too long and exhausting and proper recovery time is needed to train intensely again and also have time to recover from that training before the tennis season starts.
Sinner is behind Alcaraz fitness-wise. It's clear. He needs to shorten the strength gap. Bulking up a bit might help him out to handle the stress better of sliding and running. Even Prime Djokovic wasn't this thin (at least not the lower body). He also had a stronger upper body and shoulders than Sinner. Nole was much stronger overall after 2010. He was a true Iron Man. Sinner isn't yet imo.
Take the rest of the year off and set a big training camp to improve overall strength and the serve. The weak shoulders of his won't handle serving hard consistently anyway, even with the proper technique. Sampras and Federer had insanely strong shoulders. Sinner has chicken wing shoulders in comparison. Too weak. All great servers had fairly strong (but also flexible) shoulders in addition to their great technique.
If Sinner doesn't invest more time into strength training (especially strengthening these shoulders) and overall fitness, there is a good chance he will be facing the same issues with Alcaraz next season. He already has a big sample size since early 2024 against Alcaraz, and the record isn't flattering. He has to do something radical, and that starts with proper strength training imo.
