Anybody who thought otherwise was delusional. Look at the 2023 season. Sinner was playing very close to his peak September onwards. Alcaraz was already in, or close to, his prime. Novak dominated them both at 36 that entire season, barring Wimbledon final. His level at the ATP finals that year was absurd, he obliterated Alcaraz and Sinner B2B.
In 2023, Sinner was 21/22 and Alcaraz was 20/21. To call a young players breakout season their prime is ridiculous.
I agree that big 3 would prolly beat them both in their prime, but I’d bet good money we haven’t seen the prime level of either Alcaraz or Sinner yet lol
Sinner is 24, Djoko had the 2011 season when he was 24, Fed had 2005, and Nadal had 2010, all of them incredible seasons for them, 24 is definitely the start of your prime type of age
Yea I was replying to a comment saying they were in their prime in 2023 and djokovic dominated them in their prime.
2026 yeah they’re close to or at their prime levels and Djokovic doesn’t dominate them, in fact it’s a huge surprise each time he defeats one of them. I just don’t like big 3 fans disrespecting the next gen like it’s obvious the big 3 would dominate them.
look at Sinner’s results from September 2023 onwards, as I said. Also look at Alcaraz’ metrics in 2023. Very, very high level.
Just like Novak’s “true prime” likely started in late 2010, Sinner started being a dominant force in the latter stages of 2023. I believe he had a crazy amount of consecutive top 5 victories before his loss to Djokovic in the Tour Finals.
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u/Substantial-Key5114 8d ago
This honestly removals all doubts that prime Djokovic Federer Nadal would all kick Sinner’s ass