“An incredible pot. They are the two best players who are currently walking around and the level they put on the mat was really fantastic. It was enjoying it,” Van de Zandschulp hardly knew what he saw.

As if they had just started

The fitness that both young people in their twenties showed made a deep impression on the number 90 in the world from the Netherlands. “After five and a half hours they stood there as if they had just started,” said BVDZ Full of admiration. “And how Alcaraz turned it around was also incredible, just like the balls and points that he comes with at important moments. In the supertiebreak, Sinner played seven good points, but Alcaraz hit six winners. That says everything about him. Alcaraz is a little more up and down, while Sinner was always constantly constantly started in the tie -grazing in the tie -grazing in the tie -grazing in the tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak in the Tiebrak last year in the Tiebraak. tiebreak of the decisive set. ”

Carlos Alcaraz in action against Jannik Sinner. Credit ANP / AFP

The level of the two Southern Europeans does not always have to be motivating, Van de Zandschulp had to confess. “Sometimes you think that if you still have to go on the job yourself and there are currently two guests who are so much better than the rest. You have to come from incredible houses to make it a match against those two.”

But wait a minute. Van de Zandschulp won last August at the US Open to Alcaraz, one of the largest tennis stunts in recent years. “I occasionally wonder how that succeeded. That is certainly cool,” he said with a smile.

Are Alcaraz and Sinner better than Nadal?

Tennis icon John Mcenroe was so impressed by both Alcaraz and Sinner that he stated that both men in this form would have been favorites against the best version of Rafael Nadal. That comment was bad with thousands of tennis followers, who saw Nadal beating fourteen titles on Roland Garros.

Jannik Sinner Credit ANP / AFP

“I find it very difficult to say something meaningful about that,” said Van de Zandschulp, who himself had Nadal as an idol at the end of last year. “From the age of 18 to the end of his career, Nadal has won just about everything on Gravel. In any case, no one is going to get to those statistics anymore. Whether they would beat Prime Nadal, I wonder.”

No libéma open

Van de Zandschulp had a lovely time for a Dutch victory during the Libéma Open in Rosmalen, but turned out not to be fit enough to take action against Mattia Bellucci. Tournament director Marcel Hunze knew enough when Van de Zandschulp was in front of his office shortly before his planned competition. “I would love to play here, but the season takes a long time and I also have to think about my health,” explained Van de Zandschulp.

An arm injury that was already bothering him on Roland Garros played again. Wimbledon, that starts on June 30, does not seem to be in danger to Van de Zandschulp. The same applies to Tallon Griekspoor, which is recovering from an abdominal muscle injury and also showed his face in Rosmalen.

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