Sinner, Alcaraz and What Defines the Best Player in Tennis

Jannik Sinner's season-ending injury gives us a reason to step back and evaluate what he's actually become. Is Sinner now the best pure tennis player of his generation? Torrey argues that, stroke for stroke, his court positioning, serve, return and baseline game may already give him the edge over Carlos Alcaraz. Alvin agrees that Sinner has the cleaner toolkit—but Alcaraz still possesses something harder to quantify: the ability to find another level when a match becomes unpredictable. From t...