{"id":301493,"date":"2025-10-14T02:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/301493\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T02:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:31:13","slug":"nick-kyrgios-predicts-if-carlos-alcaraz-will-overtake-novak-djokovic-for-major-titles-in-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/301493\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Kyrgios predicts if Carlos Alcaraz will overtake Novak Djokovic for major titles in his career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMXlnMTNoeXE4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>The Grand Slam tallies of both Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are already up there with some of the tennis greats. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/what-carlos-alcaraz-said-straight-after-winning-the-us-open-which-jon-wertheim-found-really-interesting\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alcaraz won the US Open<\/a> in September, he matched both Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg, still aged just 22.<\/p>\n<p>Having clinched his fourth major at Wimbledon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/jannik-sinner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sinner<\/a>, now 24 years old, has surpassed the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/andy-murray\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andy Murray<\/a> and Stan Wawrinka.<\/p>\n<p>With incredible totals at such young ages, many fans are wondering whether either of the \u2018new two\u2019 could break <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/novak-djokovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic<\/a>\u2018s record of 24. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2234195389-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner with their US Open trophies.\" class=\"wp-image-128895\" \/>Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty ImagesNick Kyrgios discusses Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner<\/p>\n<p>In an episode of \u2018Unscripted\u2019, former Wimbledon finalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/nick-kyrgios\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Kyrgios<\/a> gave his verdict. <\/p>\n<p>Analysing Sinner\u2019s game, Kyrgios said: \u201cHe is an incredible ball striker, like his ball striking is on another planet, like one of the best ball strikers ever. He\u2019s got no weakness anymore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe and Alcaraz don\u2019t have any weaknesses. You just have to beat them, you just have to raise your level to ridiculous proportions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if either star could surpass Djokovic in major titles, Kyrgios replied: \u201cI think at the rate that Alcaraz is going, he could do it. He\u2019s already got six at 22 years old. He\u2019s winning two a year, so yeah, he could do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Alcaraz is on track to surpass Novak Djokovic\u2019s major tally<\/p>\n<p>Assuming a third star does not come along anytime soon to snap their dominance at Grand Slams, both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alcaraz<\/a> and Sinner have a great chance of breaking the record. <\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard, however, is the most likely, being two years younger with two more major titles than the Italian. <\/p>\n<p>Should Alcaraz continue to average two Grand Slam triumphs a year, he will have matched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/roger-federer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Federer<\/a>\u2018s count by the age of 29, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/rafael-nadal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rafael Nadal<\/a>\u2018s by 30.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the world number one will need to stay injury-free, and there is no guarantee he will enjoy the same level of longevity achieved by each of the \u2018big three\u2019. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover The Grand Slam tallies of both Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are already&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":301494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[1479,1466,6532,62,1464,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-301493","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-nick-kyrgios","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115370176429668569","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301493","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=301493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}