{"id":2100892,"date":"2026-08-19T13:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2100892"},"modified":"2026-08-19T13:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:47:16","slug":"rafael-jodar-gets-blunt-potential-verdict-as-he-is-compared-to-carlos-alcaraz-jannik-sinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2100892","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Jodar gets blunt &#8216;potential&#8217; verdict as he is compared to Carlos Alcaraz &amp; 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\">Rafael Jodar gets blunt \u2018potential\u2019 verdict as he is compared to Carlos Alcaraz &amp; Jannik Sinner<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a 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!text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Rafael Jodar with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner inset                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Former world No 3 Nikolay Davydenko has made a telling statement about Rafael Jodar\u2019s potential as he compared the rising Spanish star with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> and Jannik Sinner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/rafael-jodar\">Jodar<\/a>\u2018s ascent in 2026 has been meteoric, with the 19-year-old currently at his career-high ranking of 11th after he started the year as the world No 165.<\/p>\n<p>Starting with his run to his maiden ATP title in Marrakech, Jodar has won 21 of his last 28 matches during a stellar period since April.<\/p>\n<p>After Marrakech, Jodar reached the Barcelona Open semi-finals before making quarter-finals in Madrid, Rome and at Roland Garros.<\/p>\n<p>Jodar has amassed a 10-2 record so far during the North American summer hard-court season.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the BB Tennis YouTube channel, Davydenko gave his verdict on Jodar being likened to Alcaraz and Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say Jodar\u2019s tennis potential is that much higher than the others,\u201d said the Russian, who won 21 ATP Tour titles.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/carlos-alcaraz-injury-good-sign-leading-expert-exclusive\"><strong>Exclusive: Carlos Alcaraz\u2019s lengthy injury absence could be a \u2018good sign\u2019, according to leading expert<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/felix-auger-aliassime-upcoming-us-open-partnership-alex-eala\"><strong>Felix Auger-Aliassime explains how his upcoming US Open partnership with Alex Eala came about<\/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>\u201cI don\u2019t think he can improve like Sinner or Alcaraz, and finish the match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, he\u2019s outplaying them through physicality and pressure. But it\u2019s not clear he\u2019s head and shoulders above the rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following his third round win over Alejandro Tabilo at the Cincinnati Open, Jodar spoke about his mentality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil you lose the last point\u2026 the match isn\u2019t over. You just have to try to be there and play your game. It\u2019s difficult because you\u2019re not playing your best tennis and the other player is playing at a very high level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s easy to say, but very difficult to do. In those moments, you have to focus on yourself, try to go for it, and think about the next point, without thinking beyond that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-usopen-fitness-test-holger-rune\">Carlos Alcaraz could stage a very public US Open fitness test as he is set for final decision<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Jodar gets blunt \u2018potential\u2019 verdict as he is compared to Carlos Alcaraz &amp; Jannik Sinner Ewan West 19 Aug 2026 2:47 PM Rafael Jodar with Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner inset Former world No 3 Nikolay Davydenko has made a telling statement about Rafael Jodar\u2019s potential as he compared the rising Spanish star with [&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-2100892","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\/2100892","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=2100892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2100892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2100892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2100892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}