""I was very predictable today," he said in New York. "During this tournament, I didn't make one serve-volley, didn't use a lot of drop shots, and then you arrive to a point where you play against Carlos where you have to go out of the comfort zone. I'm going to aim to ... [try] to be a bit more unpredictable as a player because I think that's what I have to do ... to become a better tennis player.""
""Sinner is the two-time defending champion at the Australian Open, which began Sunday. Winning another would make him the only man other than Novak Djokovic, who did it twice, to claim three straight titles in the Open era. And yet, as Sinner begins his title defense, he knows that should he face Alcaraz in the final, he might need to offer something different.""
Jannik Sinner won two of the four majors in 2025 and narrowly missed a third. Carlos Alcaraz leads their head-to-head 10-6 and had a recent winning streak against Sinner before Wimbledon. After the US Open loss to Alcaraz, Sinner identified predictability as a weakness and focused on adding variety, including more drop shots and net forays. Sinner won four of five events after the US Open, including the ATP Tour Finals, while increasing his measured shot variety by 17 percent. Sinner also increased his use of slice as part of the tactical shift.
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