{"id":1784461,"date":"2026-02-21T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1784461"},"modified":"2026-02-21T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T11:30:09","slug":"atp-player-says-nothing-close-to-carlos-alcaraz-and-jannik-sinner-in-have-to-catch-up-rallying-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1784461","title":{"rendered":"ATP player says &#8216;nothing&#8217; close to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in &#8216;have to catch up&#8217; rallying call"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">ATP player says \u2018nothing\u2019 close to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in \u2018have to catch up\u2019 rallying call<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/sam-cooper\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Sam Cooper                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"21 Feb 2026 2:30 PM\" data-ps-date=\"21 Feb 2026 2:30 PM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1771684209\"><br \/>\n                            21 Feb 2026 2:30 PM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/atp-player-nothing-close-carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner\" class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" aria-label=\"Share to facebook\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a 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class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Jakub Mensik said it is the \u201cjob\u201d of the rest of the ATP tour to \u201ccatch up\u201d with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz because at the moment, there is \u201cnothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>World No.1 Alcaraz will contest another major final on Saturday in the Doha Open as his, and Sinner\u2019s, dominance of the men\u2019s singles draw continues.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard has yet to lose a match this season having been victorious against Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final and now reaching the last match in Doha and such dominance has made one ATP player suggest the rest of the tour is lagging behind.<\/p>\n<p>World No. 16 Mensik remarked there was \u201cnothing\u201d close to those two on the tour at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJannik and Carlos are the best in the world. After them, there is nothing, then there is us,\u201d he said as per Sky Sports Italia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur job is to try to catch up with Jannik and Carlos and to follow in their footsteps, because what they\u2019re doing is fantastic. Jannik didn\u2019t have a great day, but in the tie-break I served very well, I always put first and helped myself a lot\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mensik did claim the notable scalp of Sinner in the quarter final, representing the ninth time the 20-year-old has defeated a top 10 player in his young career but he then lost to Arthur Fils who is the underdog for Saturday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE NEWS ON T365<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/watch-coco-gauff-criticises-coach-dubai-championships-loss\"><strong>Watch: Coco Gauff criticises her coach\u2019s lack of impact during Dubai Championships loss<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/atp-dubai-championships-draw-draper-auger-aliassime-tsitsipas-medvedev\"><strong>ATP Dubai Championships Draw: Tsitsipas gets brutal opener as Draper, Auger-Aliassime, Medvedev learn fate<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of the contenders to challenge Sinner and Alcaraz, Mensik shows some promise with a 9-8 win\/loss ratio against top 10 players so far in his career.<\/p>\n<p>On his upset, Mensik remarked beating Sinner was a \u201cmental battle\u201d as much as it was a physical and technical one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore the match, I knew about Jannik\u2019s quality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA great guy, a great champion. Already what he has done in his young career, it\u2019s pretty impressive, so I knew it was going to be a tough one. But even with that thought, I came to the match to win it, and actually having a winning mindset.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI served pretty good, even if the conditions were starting to get slower during the night. It was a very tough mental battle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter the second set, when I dropped my energy a little bit, I\u2019m really happy that I came back after the toilet break and from the beginning of the third set, I just started to serve well again. I\u2019m just happy with the performance I showed today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/wta-rankings-winners-losers-dubai-championships-gauff-pegula-rybakina-swiatek-eala\">WTA Rankings Winners &amp; Losers Dubai: Gauff &amp; Pegula close gap to Rybakina &amp; Swiatek, Eala soars<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ATP player says \u2018nothing\u2019 close to Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in \u2018have to catch up\u2019 rallying call Sam Cooper 21 Feb 2026 2:30 PM Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner Jakub Mensik said it is the \u201cjob\u201d of the rest of the ATP tour to \u201ccatch up\u201d with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz because at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-1784461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1784461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1784461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1784461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1784461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1784461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}