I was just having this conversation with a friend. She made your point, but I do think you could argue for either, which you also sort of did. But it would be huge for Alcaraz going into RG, I agree.
Yeah, it is tricky. It would have been good for SInner if he won this, but more so it would have been devastating for Carlos. This result basically leaves us where we were before Rome: Sinner is really good but beatable on clay, and Carlos is the favorite at RG.
I think "devastating" is an overstatement, unless it had been a rout. I also don't agree that this leaves us basically where we were before Rome. Sinner is playing well, we can see now, and that was an unknown before Rome. And Alcaraz became more of a favorite for RG than he was before this match, and likely before Rome.
Fair enough. I think those two factors sort of evens out for the two of them: Jannik is playing well with minimal rust and Carlos is more consistent, so they move up somewhat similarly, and we're still left with a similar spread between the two of them, imo.
Yes, that is what I meant. I think they pull even farther away from the rest of the field after this tournament and final, as far as chances for Paris. I do think that Carlos pulled a bit away from Jannik for the French with this win, but we can disagree a little bit on that.
As I posted the other day if by chance Sinner d Alcaraz in the final at Rome, to me Alcaraz would still be the favorite to win RG, he is a much more accomplished clay player than Jannik for starters and that was obvious in todays match. I dont understand some of these so called 'experts' eg Arias can come to the conclusion if Sinner had won Rome he would be the favorite for RG, which was laughable to me.Anyway Alcaraz proved some of these expert doubters wrong
I don't see how being "due for an upset" is going to make it happen. Sinner has consistency, calm, and a better game than 90%+ of the field. He's proven in Rome that he's not that rusty. I think you can surely book him into the 2nd week, even without seeing the draw. Who are you thinking might take him out before Alcaraz? Zverev?Sinner's due for an upset! I don't think he'll get anywhere near the consistency of the Big 3 making "SF & Final" in every major event played! I wouldn't doubt either an upset or a WD in Paris by the 3rd Rd.! I'm calling it! Sinner won't be the only top player to go down! Winning streaks before a major means lit'l these days w/ the speed of the game taking so much out of players from early rounds!
Oh please do I have to put Sinners stats and his consistency for you to understand? he just came back from 3 months out and this was his first loss since coming back, making a Masters 1000 final? he had a 26 consecutive win in matches before this loss in the Rome finalSinner's due for an upset! I don't think he'll get anywhere near the consistency of the Big 3 making "SF & Final" in every major event played! I wouldn't doubt either an upset or a WD in Paris by the 4th Rd.! I'm calling it! Sinner won't be the only top player to go down! Winning streaks before a Major means lit'l these days w/ the speed of the game taking so much out of players from early rounds!
