Jannik Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz: Cameron Norrie expresses a clear preference and explains why

English tennis player Cameron Norrie in an interview on the Nothing Major Show podcast compared Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, the two current rulers of the ATP circuit. The South Tyrolean champion and the Murcia outfielder have shared all the last Grand Slam tournaments, facing each other six times in the finals in 2025-a challenge that is likely to last a long time given the age of the two young dominators of World tennis. The British player, one of the few to beat Carlos Alcaraz this season, expressed a clear preference by pointing to the latter as the world&#8217s strongest.

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“I have never played against Jannik Sinner and it is something I would really like to do because I have only been able to train with him – Norrie premised -. Premising that I would need to play against Jannik to have a complete opinion, I say Alcaraz. The Spaniard has a more varied game and is my favorite player to watch” explained the British player, who then returned to his feat at the Paris Masters 1000: “How did I beat Carlos Alcaraz in Paris? I don”t have a clear idea how I managed to beat him, the only thing I know is that you have to play like you”re in heaven to do it.

After a brief vacation in the Maldives with Laila Hasanovic and a presence in the Formula 1 paddock for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that crowned Lando Norris, Jannik Sinner is ready to take up the racket again with a clear goal of once again updating the record book. Indeed, the first major event of 2026, the Australian Open, sees the Sesto Pusteria outfielder as the reigning bi-champion: confirming champion would allow Sinner to become the first Italian to win the same Grand Slam tournament three times, among others consecutively. It would, moreover, be the fifth Slam tournament ever won by Sinner, as many as Nicola Pietrangeli (twice), Adriano Panatta, Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta (once each) have won at the individual level, putting them together.

The Italian would be the first Italian to win the same Grand Slam tournament three times, including consecutively.

For Sinner, in particular, the one next January will be the seventh appearance in Melbourne, absolute and consecutive: in the 2020 edition he was eliminated in the second round by Marton Fucsovics, in 2021 he was stopped in the first round after a five-set marathon against Denis Shapovalov, in 2022 he climbed all the way to the quarters before bowing out to Stefanos Tsitsipas, Sinner’s own executioner also in 2023 in the round of 16, while in 2024 and 2025 he was no match for anyone, beating first Daniil Medvedev and then Alexander Zverev in their respective finals. Interestingly, Sinner has never met his greatest rival, Carlos Alcaraz, in Australia.