Boris Becker harshly known as out eight gamers by identify because the German tennis icon believes some are "content material" with simply making the deeper phases of Grand Slams and never bothering themselves a lot with the truth that Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are splitting the principle prizes between them.
On the Australian Open, Sinner routed Alexander Zverev in straight units within the last. The remaining three Grand Slams featured a Sinner and Alcaraz last. For the reason that begin of 2024, eight Majors have taken place and the Italian and the Spaniard have cut up victories between them.
Outdoors of Alcaraz and Sinner, 38-year-old Novak Djokovic has been essentially the most constant participant on the Slam stage – he reached the semifinal in all 4 Majors this yr however didn't have a solution for the 2 top-ranked gamers within the sport.
Sharing his ideas on what has been taking place on the Grand Slam scene for the previous two years, Becker very instantly acknowledged that gamers equivalent to Alexander Zverev, Taylor Fritz, Jack Draper, and a few others must step up.
Becker: The remaining are content material with the second or third function
“The statistic for Djokovic towards Fritz is 11-0. Not for the American. What sort of hole is there, sportingly talking? How good or not good are the others? I'm speaking about everybody else. It's an unbelievable statistic with the eighth consecutive Grand Slam victory for both Alcaraz or Sinner. However the place the hell are the remaining? We're speaking about Zverev, Draper, Fritz, de Minaur, Ruud, Rune, Medvedev, Rublev," the previous six-time Main winner mentioned on the Becker-Petkovic podcast.
"One thing about the remaining, that they’re content material with the second or third function. ‘Quarterfinals are okay, semifinals are okay.' No, it's not okay if you wish to turn out to be the very best tennis participant on the planet."
The final participant to win a Grand Slam moreover Alcaraz and Sinner was Djokovic, on the 2023 US Open. These three are the one present top-10 members with a Slam win.
