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He faced them all: David Goffin drastic on Sinner-Alcaraz comparison with Big Three

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The Jannik Sinner-Carlos Alcaraz duopoly is dominating the tennis world, and many insiders are drawing comparisons to the Big Three era. David Goffin, a veteran Belgian tennis player who has faced both the two young stars and the trio of phenomena of the last two decades, gave his opinion to the microphones of Express Sport: “Carlos and Jannik are probably as strong as Federer, Nadal and Djokovic at their best. They are always in the finals, in almost every tournament. It’s so hard to be able to beat them”, Goffin explained.

Martino DavidiHolger Rune prepares return and challenges Jannik Sinner: “I will be unstoppable”

Holger Rune prepares his comeback and challenges Jannik Sinner: "I will be unstoppable"

The Danish tennis player is recovering from a serious injury and has not given up yet
Rune until a few years ago was considered the third rising star, along with Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz
Then a series the physical problems and also the continuous changes of coaches stopped his progress

Now the Danish champion is grappling with the serious injury to his d'Achilles tendon, which will keep him out of action for a while longer'
"I am currently in rehabilitation in Doha, Qatar. My team is very involved, so everything is going well"
"We set goals for each week, I am back to walking and when I leave I will walk with normal shoes"

"I can already say that I will be in better shape when I regain fitness"

Rune does not want to give up at all: "When I come back, I will be a beast, because there's no reason to come back and not be better than before"

"I want to come back as the best version of myself, an indestructible version, an unstoppable version, a version that can beat anyone"

The dream of reaching and surpassing Sinner and Alcaraz is still alive: "I am living the life I have always dreamed of. But I am hungry for more. I am not satisfied with where I am"
"I believe I can be the best player in the world"
"This gives me the will to continue, to face this injury, no matter what, to come back", are his words to Sports Illustrated

The Belgian tennis player stressed, however, that the competition is not the same as it was a few years ago: “I would say that everything is much more open from position 5 to 20. Before, the Top 10 was really strong, there’were very consistent players like Cilic, Del Potro, Wawrinka, Ferrer, they were always there in every tournament. They were always there”.

“Now there are more ups and downs among players from the fifth to the twentieth position. Zverev, Ben Shelton, Draper, they have great weeks but also more difficult times and we have a chance to beat them”.

“Obviously Carlos and Jannik are always continuous and impressive, but there are chances against all the other players”. Goffin has played twice against Jannik Sinner, both in 2020, with the Blue always winning. With Alcaraz, however, he has a positive record of two wins and one loss.

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