{"id":1846190,"date":"2026-03-25T15:45:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1846190"},"modified":"2026-03-25T15:45:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T12:45:46","slug":"juan-martin-del-potro-issues-candid-verdict-on-who-can-rival-carlos-alcaraz-and-jannik-sinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1846190","title":{"rendered":"Juan Martin del Potro issues candid verdict on who can rival Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner"},"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\">Juan Martin del Potro issues candid verdict on who can rival Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner<\/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\/ewan-west\" 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class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz with Juan Martin del Potro inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Juan Martin del Potro has assessed that \u201cvery few\u201d players will be able to compete with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner as he weighed in on the duo\u2019s dominance.<\/p>\n<p>Since Novak Djokovic secured his 24th Grand Slam title at the 2023 US Open, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> has won five majors while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\">Sinner<\/a> has collected the other four.<\/p>\n<p>The pair are the only ATP players to have been ranked world No 1 since Sinner overtook Djokovic to climb to top spot for the first time in June 2024. Alcaraz currently occupies the No 1 position, while Sinner is second.<\/p>\n<p>Del Potro knows what it takes to overcome a duopoly to win a Grand Slam, having triumphed at the 2009 US Open after Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal had won 17 of the previous 18 Slams between them.<\/p>\n<p>The Argentine was 20 when he defeated Federer in the US Open championship match to claim the only Grand Slam crown of his glittering career.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Argentine outlet <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lanacion.com.ar\/deportes\/tenis\/del-potro-defendio-la-gira-atp-en-sudamerica-frente-al-avance-de-arabia-saudita-ojala-la-respeten-nid23032026\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>La Nacion<\/em><\/a>, del Potro \u2014 who was the last South American player to win a Grand Slam \u2014 was asked if any men from his continent have the potential to win a major in the era of Alcaraz and Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning a Grand Slam isn\u2019t easy,\u201d said the former world No 3. \u201cVery few of us managed it in the era of the Big Three (Federer, Nadal, and Djokovic).<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-rafael-nadal-issues-pointless-verdict-after-world-no-1s-shock-loss\"><strong>Carlos Alcaraz: Rafael Nadal issues \u2018pointless\u2019 verdict after world No 1\u2019s shock loss<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-record-miami-open-federer-djokovic-and-alcaraz\"><strong>Jannik Sinner extends stunning record at Miami Open and matches Federer, Djokovic and Alcaraz<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now, I think very few will be able to beat Sinner and Alcaraz. They\u2019ve won the last nine Grand Slams and are clearly ahead of the rest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope a Latin American can do it. Many years have passed. There are good Argentine players, and there\u2019s Fonseca, who needs time and maturity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore I beat Federer for the first time [in the 2009 US Open final], I lost to him six times. The same with Nadal and Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a process. You have to face them and lose once, twice, three times, and little by little you learn their game and you gain confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On 19-year-old Brazilian star Fonseca, del Potro added: \u201cHe\u2019s very young. He has a lot of potential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has very good shots, and today\u2019s tennis is very powerful, so he has that advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Del Potro also addressed whether he would have won more majors if he had not had to compete with the Big Three.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to say, because there were [Andy] Murray, [Stan] Wawrinka, Tomas Berdych, and so many others like me, and we\u2019d sometimes say, \u2018Wow, it\u2019s crazy to be playing in this era, we got the three best players in history\u2019,\u201d said the 37-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, it was also great to face them, to compete in major tournaments, and to try to take them away. It was an extra challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-early-miami-open-exit-boris-becker-reaction\">Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s early Miami Open exit could be a positive thing, suggests Boris Becker<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Martin del Potro issues candid verdict on who can rival Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner Ewan West 25 Mar 2026 3:45 PM Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz with Juan Martin del Potro inset Juan Martin del Potro has assessed that \u201cvery few\u201d players will be able to compete with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner [&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-1846190","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\/1846190","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=1846190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1846190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1846190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1846190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}