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.
US Open Final: (2) Alcaraz def. (1) Sinner 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4
FilipoSVK
341 - 360 of 472 Posts
Joined
·
3,836 Posts
What? It's the truth. Sinner will get the CGS before Alcaraz as he is a failure in AO.The desperation is real
Joined
·
16,864 Posts
At 7 slams, the only one to be so balanced was... Wilander (Let's keep in mind that Borg had no option on HC before.. US Open 1978, and finally, 4 possible attempts until 1981 (with 3 finals anyway..)I thought Djokovic worshippers did not care about this particular stat, citing it as meaningless?
Djokovic's first six were 4x AO, 1x Wim, 1x USO
Federer's first six were 3x Wim, 2x USO, 1x AO
So on the surface Carlos has the most rounded resumé of the four - all three surfaces covered and equal distribution between them
3 clay RG 82-85-88
2 grass AO 83-84
2 HC. AO 88, US 88 in an era that can be described as... "specialists"
Carlos's 7th will inevitably be... on one of the 3 surfaces.
I don't know where my preference lies.
A first AO, for having won all 4 slams. (well, even if it maintains the trend... that he will "never" do anything at the AO (..), I am not sure that it really excites me actually)..
..or defending the US Open next year.
That's a long way off, let's see how the end of the season goes.
Joined
·
4,219 Posts
Joined
·
2,894 Posts
There's a chance AO courts will get slower in the future. In the past there are years they were quite slow. Anyway, I still retain my doubt on Alcaraz's capability on quicker hard courts, USO this year is not quick enough.
Joined
·
3,553 Posts
Lol it was indoors and he hit 40+ winners to Sinners 24
Joined
·
3,978 Posts
When did I say that? I never said this. And if I did, it was a bad joke. Sinner does not have autism. Lol.
What's this talk about Sinner having autism? Lol, he doesn't have it. I doubt autistic players would be allowed to play on tour anyway (or maybe yes, but only if it doesn't exceed a certain severity). Can anyone provide some clearer information regarding this topic, whether the players are allowed to play with autism or not?
Brooksby has autism as much as I know (MTF is welcome to correct me here if I'm wrong). Yes, there was a period he wasn't allowed to play on the tour, but for a different reason.
Joined
·
1,259 Posts
Congrats to Alcaraz on winning his 6th major at the age of 22 
, very impressed with his serving stats this entire USO, 10 aces, not a single DF served and only faced a total of ONE break point in the final against his arch rival 
Alcaraz's FH was his money shot, hitting it with a lot more margin for error and added some speed to it.
Alcaraz winning 83% of 1st serve points, 42 winners to 24 UEs (+18 differential) compared to Sinner winning only 69% of 1st serve points, 21 winners to 28 unforced errors (-7 differential).
Unfortunately this final was pretty meh in quality, Sinner just did not show up, he only landed 48% of 1st serves in against Alcaraz which is just asking for trouble. Sinner really does not like facing opponents with good sliced backhands as he has to get down low to hit up on the ball and that creates an opening for the opponent to rush him (if they are good enough which Alcaraz certainly is).
With this loss, Sinner's 27 match winning streak in HC majors has been snapped and the #1 ranking now goes back to Alcaraz.
I think Sinner needs to take a few weeks off and work on:
1. His serve (his ball toss looks to be a bit too low as most of his 1st serves are missing into the net rather than going wide or long)
2. His inside-in FH (his inside-out FH is a great shot, so is his CC FH and the DTL FH from his FH corner), however it's this shot that caused him to lose serve in the crucial 2-2 game in the 4th set and at other times throughout the match when he missed a few of them on big points.
6-4 to Alcaraz in the majors count, 10-5 H2H with Alcaraz winning 7 out of the last 8 matches
I am hoping that Sinner can find a way to turn things around otherwise Alcaraz will become a runaway train. Let's see who can complete the Career Grand Slam first - Alcaraz at AO or Sinner at RG and will it happen in 2026? We shall find out soon enough.
Alcaraz's FH was his money shot, hitting it with a lot more margin for error and added some speed to it.
Alcaraz winning 83% of 1st serve points, 42 winners to 24 UEs (+18 differential) compared to Sinner winning only 69% of 1st serve points, 21 winners to 28 unforced errors (-7 differential).
Unfortunately this final was pretty meh in quality, Sinner just did not show up, he only landed 48% of 1st serves in against Alcaraz which is just asking for trouble. Sinner really does not like facing opponents with good sliced backhands as he has to get down low to hit up on the ball and that creates an opening for the opponent to rush him (if they are good enough which Alcaraz certainly is).
With this loss, Sinner's 27 match winning streak in HC majors has been snapped and the #1 ranking now goes back to Alcaraz.
I think Sinner needs to take a few weeks off and work on:
1. His serve (his ball toss looks to be a bit too low as most of his 1st serves are missing into the net rather than going wide or long)
2. His inside-in FH (his inside-out FH is a great shot, so is his CC FH and the DTL FH from his FH corner), however it's this shot that caused him to lose serve in the crucial 2-2 game in the 4th set and at other times throughout the match when he missed a few of them on big points.
6-4 to Alcaraz in the majors count, 10-5 H2H with Alcaraz winning 7 out of the last 8 matches
I am hoping that Sinner can find a way to turn things around otherwise Alcaraz will become a runaway train. Let's see who can complete the Career Grand Slam first - Alcaraz at AO or Sinner at RG and will it happen in 2026? We shall find out soon enough.
Joined
·
15,695 Posts
Joined
·
64 Posts
Why would you not be allowed to play on the tour with autism?
Joined
·
7,974 Posts
It's tough to tell unless you know the person specifically. Someone like Nadal, potentially due to his routines and all that. But then again, it could just be superstition.
Joined
·
24,457 Posts
bro….. seriously
Joined
·
3,978 Posts
It's time to stop posting.
I'm not saying a player wouldn't be allowed, but only if the autism doesn't exceed a certain level of severity. Light autistic cases can play without any bigger issues, of course. But the most severe ones apparently can't.
341 - 360 of 472 Posts
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
-
?
