Tennis mailbag: Challenging Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, baseline boredom, doping debate
Briefly

"Even all-time greats ordinarily have off days, some of which result in them exiting a major or two per year prematurely. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic mostly avoided even that, but Alcaraz in particular looks prone to the odd upset... should they both remain available and reasonably consistent, then the rest of the field has a major problem."
"Casper Ruud summed it up at the ATP Tour Finals last month when he explained that the way Sinner and Alcaraz play has rewritten the book of tennis tactics that he grew up with. Patience is no longer an option with these two around."
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