Patrick McEnroe:
Well, it is incredible. The last two years, they have split all eight Majors. And it’s been a long time since that’s happened. A guy by the name of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal did that. I think it was in 2006-2007.
So what they’re doing is really separating themselves from the pack right now. And it’s going to be up to the other players. Maybe it’s Americans Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, Alexander Zverev. Maybe there’s a 15- or 16-year-old out there that’s watching these guys and was going to say to himself, I got to start playing tennis like that. I got to start taking huge risks. I got to start being ultra-aggressive. I got to have lightning speed.
Because, right now, they are clearly far and away the two best players in the world. And I think there’s no reason that that’s not going to continue. They both play great tennis on multiple surfaces, Sinner winning Wimbledon for the first time on grass. Sinner was one point away three times this year in Paris of winning that title against Alcaraz in what was really one of the most epic matches I have ever seen, and Alcaraz able to come back and win that in five sets.
Sinner gets him back at Wimbledon, and now Alcaraz wins it here. The next Major will be in January in Australia, and they will go in, the two of them, as heavy favorites again.
