Daniil Medvedev is the latest tennis professional to talk about the unreal dominance shown by Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz over the past two years. The 29-year old Russian star is a former Australian Open finalist and also won the US Open in 2021. While he’s still active, he acknowledged it’s tough to beat either of the top two-ranked stars.
In his recent interview in Brisbane, Medvedev was asked about the Sinner-Alcaraz dominance and whether the current ATP field has what it takes to take down the two emerging stars of the game in the Grand Slams.
“I think they are stronger than everyone, and even I saw some stats, I think it was when Sinner lost in quarters of Roland Garros, I would not remember the year, he was super young, he was the youngest in the quarterfinal,” Medvedev said. “They showed, and his baseline strokes’ power was stronger than everyone, and Rafa was there at the time.
“So, hey, when someone hits stronger than you, puts everything in the court, runs definitely not slower than you, serves not worse than you, it’s tough to beat him. But you can always try. But in terms of consistency that they both showed last year, it’s probably almost impossible for anyone to get to this No. 2 spot.
Despite what he just said, Medvedev made it known that there is always a possibility to sneak out a win against them; however, the odds of the same are very low.
“But then, you know, the slams is the most important, and they were in all the finals — no,” Medvedev added. “Three out of four finals last year. But you can always beat them in one match. Probably if you play, like, 10 matches, probably not going to get a lot of wins, but you can always beat them in one match, and that’s the goal whenever you play them.”
Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz’s Unreal Dominance Over Past Two Years
As we head into the Australian Open, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are once again favorites to share all four Grand Slams of the year. There is still a notable absence in the ATP field to challenge these two stars, given how the past two years have gone, where both these guys stood head and shoulders above everyone else.
Between them, the duo has won almost every major title, including all Grand Slams, in 2024 and 2025. They met in the final of three Grand Slams in 2025. Alcaraz won Roland Garros and the US Open while Sinner came out on top at Wimbledon. Sinner also defended his ATP Finals title in Turin against Alcaraz. Both of these stars have acquired the top two places in the ATP rankings by a distance.
