{"id":1851325,"date":"2026-03-27T17:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1851325"},"modified":"2026-03-27T17:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T14:30:49","slug":"jannik-sinner-gets-the-ultimate-comparison-as-he-is-placed-alongside-the-goat-of-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1851325","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner gets the ultimate comparison as he is placed alongside the GOAT of tennis"},"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\">Jannik Sinner gets the ultimate comparison as he is placed alongside the GOAT of tennis<\/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\/kevin-palmer\" class=\"text-sm 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Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz with Greg Rusedski inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\">Jannik Sinner<\/a> may be trailing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> in the Grand Slam title count, but he has been compared to the ultimate winner in the men\u2019s game by former British No 1, Greg Rusedski.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-australian-open-win-strong-defiant-message\">Alcaraz\u2019s victory at the Australian Open in January<\/a> took his tally of Grand Slam titles to seven, with Sinner chasing down his great rival inn the majors after he won his fourth title at Wimbledon last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The final analysis on these two great champions can only be delivered when their career have come to an end, but former British No 1 Greg Rusedski has declared Sinner can be compared to 24-time Grand Slam winning legend, Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-hints-court-changes-djokovic-loss-ahead-doha-debut\">Sinner, who lost against Djokovic in a memorable Australian Open semi-final back in January<\/a>, has been at his brilliant best as he stormed to victory at the Indian Wells Masters without dropping a set earlier this month and he has been equally clinical at the Miami Open.<\/p>\n<p>Many have suggested his brand of tennis lacks the beauty and variety offered up by Alcaraz, but Rusedski believes there is one area of his make-up that is compatible to Djokovic.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-carlos-alcaraz-rivals-weak\">Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz accused of having an \u2018easy ride\u2019 at the top of men\u2019s tennis?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/jannik-sinner-robotic-narrative-criticised-emma-raducanus-former-coach\">Jannik Sinner \u2018robotic narrative\u2019 criticised by Emma Raducanu\u2019s former coach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got a rock solid mind, an incredible mindset,\u201d declared Rusedski on the latest edition of his podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember last year when he went through all that difficulty where he had the drug case, where he got contaminated and had to serve a three month ban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, look, I only respect the people that I respect. I only listen to the people around me and I don\u2019t worry about all the noise around me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo mentally, the guy is so focused, he\u2019s in the zone. Physically, he\u2019s a great athlete. He gets stronger all the time. Diet, nutrition, flexibility, losing weight, solid in the corners. Get that combination and it is ruthless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I call him Novak Djokovic 2.0. He does everything Novak does, but a little bit stronger at the moment, but also he\u2019s a lot younger, so it\u2019s a lot easier for him to do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople say he\u2019s a little bit boring, they talked about it in the conversation that he\u2019s a little bit robotic. I don\u2019t see it. I look at him, he\u2019s continually developing his game, he\u2019s out of the drop shot, he\u2019s willing to come forward, he\u2019s becoming a better player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo for me, Sinner is magnificent and great for a sport and the same is true for Alcaraz. You have two contrasting personalities, you\u2019re either Al Kharaz fan or you\u2019re Sinner fan. So what are your thoughts on that Ashley and are you a big Sinner fan as well?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sinner still has some ground to make up in the battle to overhaul Alcaraz as the world No 1, but he is on course to trim the big lead the Spaniard opened up after his Australian Open win, with the big rivalry in men\u2019s tennis certain to be the big talking point in the sport for the next few years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/juan-martin-del-potro-candid-verdict-carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner-rivals\">Juan Martin del Potro issues candid verdict on who can rival Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jannik Sinner gets the ultimate comparison as he is placed alongside the GOAT of tennis Kevin Palmer 27 Mar 2026 5:30 PM Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz with Greg Rusedski inset Jannik Sinner may be trailing Carlos Alcaraz in the Grand Slam title count, but he has been compared to the ultimate winner in the [&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-1851325","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\/1851325","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=1851325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1851325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1851325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1851325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}