While he reckons that Alcaraz has perhaps more natural talent,  Sinner’s astonishingly-improved game could serve as a more realistic role model

Joao qualified for the Australian Open and stunned the top-10 star Andrey Rublev in the first round. Fonseca made impressive debuts in Paris and London, becoming the youngest player to reach the third round at Roland Garros and Wimbledon since Andy Roddick in 2001.

The final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, which Sinner won 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, drew an average of 2.9 million viewers on ESPN, the network announced Wednesday. The numbers reportedly peaked at 4 million viewers at the end of the match.