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!text-content\">\n                                Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and (inset) Roger Federer                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Marat Safin competed with Roger Federer during his prime, and he has compared the Swiss legend\u2019s level with that of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n<p>During a career spanning from 1997 to 2009, Safin reached world No 1 and won two Grand Slam titles: the 2000 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>Federer was the dominant force in men\u2019s tennis in the mid-2000s, having won 12 out of the 18 Grand Slams played from his maiden major triumph at Wimbledon in 2003 until the 2007 US Open.<\/p>\n<p>From Wimbledon in 2004 to the 2007 US Open, Safin was the only player other than Rafael Nadal to defeat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/roger-federer\">Federer<\/a> at a Grand Slam, having beaten the Swiss in the semi-finals at the 2005 Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>Federer finished his astonishing career with 20 Grand Slam titles \u2014 a total which puts him third on the all-time men\u2019s major list after Novak Djokovic (24) and Nadal (22).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Alcaraz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\">Sinner<\/a> \u2014 who have won seven and four majors respectively \u2014 are the leading players of their generation, and they have frequently been compared to the Big Three of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic<\/p>\n<h2>Wimbledon News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/novak-djokovic-behind-the-scenes-gesture-jannik-sinner-wimbledon\"><strong>Novak Djokovic\u2019s \u2018behind the scenes\u2019 gesture to Jannik Sinner after Wimbledon match revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/kyle-edmund-exclusive-tennis-rule-change-warmup-wimbledon\"><strong>Kyle Edmund doubles down on calls for a radical tennis rule change at Wimbledon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" 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>Safin appeared on the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kDknnYoSBNk\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Best Tennis Podcast<\/em><\/a> YouTube channel with two Russian ex-WTA stars: his sister and former world No 1 Dinara Safina, and former world No 5 Anna Chakvetadze.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian great argued Federer was at a \u201ccompletely different level\u201d to Alcaraz and Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I probably would have lost to them, but I don\u2019t see them as intimidating players,\u201d Safin said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, they\u2019re not Federer at all. It\u2019s a completely different level. To reach Federer\u2019s level, you still have a lot of growing to do. I don\u2019t want to belittle anyone. It\u2019s simply my way of seeing it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Safin went on to claim that Alcaraz and Sinner would not have been ranked in the top two had they competed when Nadal and Djokovic were at their peak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Sinner and Alcaraz had played in the era of Nadal and Djokovic, or even in the early 2000s, they wouldn\u2019t have been number one or number two in the world. I don\u2019t think they would have gotten that far,\u201d Safin added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe level of tennis has dropped. I don\u2019t know why it\u2019s happened, but the level isn\u2019t the same anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore, there were thirty or fifty players capable of playing extraordinary tennis. Now, at most, there are ten.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey reach the semi-finals or finals without losing a single set, and I find that almost laughable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/andre-agassi-names-the-only-player-from-his-generation-who-could-compete-with-novak-djokovic-and-jannik-sinner\">Andre Agassi names only player from his generation who could compete with Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlos Alcaraz &amp; Jannik Sinner get blunt Federer, Nadal, Djokovic comparison from Marat Safin Ewan West 12 Jul 2026 11:36 AM Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and (inset) Roger Federer Marat Safin competed with Roger Federer during his prime, and he has compared the Swiss legend\u2019s level with that of Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. 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