{"id":252569,"date":"2025-09-25T02:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T02:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/252569\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T02:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T02:43:23","slug":"jannik-sinner-issues-response-to-roger-federers-comments-that-tournaments-are-favouring-him-and-carlos-alcaraz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/252569\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner issues response to Roger Federer’s comments that tournaments are favouring him and Carlos Alcaraz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jannik Sinner has been questioned over recent comments made by 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sinner last played a tennis match in the US Open final<\/a>, where he lost both his title defence and world number one ranking to Carlos Alcaraz<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During his time away from the matchcourt, Federer commented on Sinner and Alcaraz\u2019s dominance<\/a> at the Laver Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now Sinner<\/a> has returned to the ATP Tour<\/a> at the China Open<\/a>, where he was given the opportunity to respond to these remarks.<\/p>\n

\"JannikPhoto by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU\/AFP via Getty ImagesJannik Sinner responds to Roger Federer\u2019s recent claims about himself and Carlos Alcaraz<\/p>\n

Sinner and Alcaraz have already played six Grand Slam finals this year, including at the last three major tournaments.<\/p>\n

One of these finals was at Roland Garros<\/a>, where Alcaraz beat Sinner in one of the best matches of all time<\/a> according to many.<\/p>\n

During a recent live episode of the \u2018Served with Andy Roddick<\/a>\u2018 podcast in San Francisco, Federer<\/a> suggested that tournaments are slowing the surfaces down to increase the chances of having more Sinner and Alcaraz finals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand the safety net that the tournament directors see in making the surface slower,\u201d said Federer. \u201cIt\u2019s for the weaker player \u2013 he has to hit extra amazing shots to beat Sinner, whereas if it\u2019s quick, he can only maybe blast a few and, at the right time\u2026 and he gets past.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo that\u2019s what the tournament directors are [thinking], like: \u2018I kind of like Sinner-Alcaraz in the finals, you know? It kind of works for the game\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

These comments split opinion, and now in his pre-tournament press conference<\/a> at the China Open, Sinner has been asked about whether he would be in favour of tournaments changing court speeds.<\/p>\n

Sinner made reference to the different surfaces, but admitted that other than Indian Wells<\/a> the hard courts are often very similar.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, I feel like we have three big changes, which is hard court, clay and grass, which has always been like this,\u201d answered Sinner. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe hard courts, they are at times very similar. At times there are some small changes, couple of changes. One tournament that comes up a bit is Indian Wells because the ball bounces very high. It\u2019s a bit different how the ball reacts with the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut yeah, if not, we have more or less similar game situations on the court, yes. This is how it is already since a long time, like this. I don\u2019t know if there is going to be a change or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just a player who tries to adapt myself in the best possible way. I feel like I\u2019m doing a good job in this. But let\u2019s see what the future can give us in every tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CarlosPhoto by Clive Brunskill\/Getty ImagesWhen could Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz next play in a final?<\/p>\n

The last tournament that both Sinner and Alcaraz played where they did not meet in the final was at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n

Despite both players now being in Asia, they will not be able to go head-to-head for at least a week, as they are at different tournaments.<\/p>\n

Sinner is competing at the China Open in Beijing, while Alcaraz is competing at the Japan Open in Tokyo for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n

The next tournament that both players are set to play this year is the Shanghai Masters, where Novak Djokovic has also confirmed his attendance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some of the other events where they could play in the final this year include the Paris Masters, the ATP Finals and the Davis Cup Finals, which Alcaraz has suggested he will play<\/a> after missing Spain\u2019s most recent qualifier.<\/p>\n

However, Sinner will currently have his focus set on the China Open, where he is a former champion and faces a tough opener against former US Open<\/a> champion Marin Cilic<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner has been questioned over recent comments made by 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer. Sinner last…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":252570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[1479,1466,1824,13158,62,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-252569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-carlos-alcaraz","10":"tag-jannik-sinner","11":"tag-roger-federer","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115262639790492617","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}