Well, not much for me to say here apart from: Congrats to all Alca fans out there! He almost did 40-15, but eventually won.
And I expected Carlitos to play better in this year's Wimbledon Final. Again, seldom will you get two opponents at their perfectly matched, tippy-top best.Congratz to Alcaraz !
Not a high level match, I expected Sinner to play better.
Btw.. Trump getting booed during the National Anthem while they showed his fat mug on the Jumbotron was pure Karmic bliss..Hurray for Alcaraz! Alcaraz is Making America Great Again!
I was wondering who the blonde sitting behind Cahill was. Thanks!There was Sinner's girlfriend, Laila Hasanovic in his box. Assuming Alcaraz doesn't have one, Sinner at least wins in life 😜
Aww thanks! That makes more sense. I honestly didn't know who she was, but she obviously looks quite a bit older than him, and that's cause she's 40.That was Linsey Vonn…
Wow.. that was very neat!!
Indeed! This was also his most dominant performance at a major, dropping only one set on his way to the Champion's trophy. Now he needs to conquer his AO hurdle to complete the Career Slam. 🙏Congrats to Alcaraz as he clearly was the best player over the last 2 weeks. Since IW of last year 2024 he has now beaten Sinner 6 of the last 7 times they have played. Very impressive and is definitely the #1 player in the world now.
Baldcaraz? How quaint! Yet you folks are the ones quick to demand respectful behavior from Carlitos's fans whenever Jannik loses to him..You know....I hate to agree with this but you do make a good point about the overrated matches. It seems a lot of the older generation of pundits are paid to promote the "evolution of the game" theory which I personally subscribe to but I don't want to get into that. But in terms of the matches, the only real epic was RG25 but ultimately that should have been a straight-forward win by Sinner in 3-4 sets if he learned how to manage those situations better than Alcaraz and had a serve befitting his height (then it would be game over for Baldcaraz).
Navratilova's comments:The different tennis channels did their best to avoid giving the orange convicted criminal any screen time, for a good reason. Neither Sinner nor Alcaraz addressed him in the trophy ceremony.
But what should I say, it's a free forum. If you think it's worth posting, be my guest.
So the 'arrogant tards' brought you down to their level is what you're saying? Umm ok.. So what are you gonna call Carlitos once his hair grows back? Just curious.I demanded the behaviour long before I started the nicknames, and I'm done being naïve enough to expect arrogant tards to be respectful so I'll just carry on using nicknames for the sake of banter.
He still needs to with the AO before turning 23 to do that!Well done Charlie, good on ya mate
Stays ahead of Nadal achievements by age
Carlitos still has to master his biggest hurdle at the AO next year if he's to definitively surpass Rafa's tally before turning 23. Otherwise, they both end up with 6 apiece at that point..slam count at 22 years and 4 months
Alcaraz = 6
Nadal = 5
Federer = 1
Djokovic = 1
From your lips to God's ears. That would certainly be a crowning achievement for Carlitos if it does come to pass and an outcome reminiscent of the '09 Final, meaning a likely 5-set marathon as Jannik will be out for blood as he attempts to threepeat and correct the growing h2h deficit he has vs Carlitos.Now we can get a Sincaraz final 2026 AO for Carlos to beat him again and complete the set.
Indeed very close. What sets Carlitos apart at this stage is the degree to which he's already been able to master the different slam surfaces with a much more comprehensive record across clay, grass and hc, winning majors on each of those surfaces at least twice. By comparison, Rafa, while still the young prodigy of his generation, was still primarily a clay phenom who was just starting to spread his wings across the other slam surfaces by that time.They are really very close in number of slams at the same age now, even if the composition varies.
Nadal 5th : 2008 Roland Garros 22y 0m 5d
Carlos 5th: 2025 Roland Garros 22y 1m 3d
Carlos 6th: 2025 US Open 22y 3m 30d
Nadal 6th: 2009 Australian 22y 7m 29d
next Nadal is 7th in RG 2010: 24y 0m 3d
Spooky stuff!Another common fact.
The year following their first Slam title, they withdrew from AO
Nadal 2006
Carlos 2023
They also withdrew from their first year Masters qualification
Nadal 2005
Carlos 2022