00:00So, Pene, obviously, let's just address the elephant in the room with Carlos Alcaraz.
00:08I mean, his meteoric rise in tennis has been quite incredible, winning the French Open
00:13as well. We spoke about a year ago about his talent and how similar he is to Rafael Nadal,
00:20for example. This is something incredible in tennis and he sort of really puts a bit
00:27of security on the future of the sport as well, you think?
00:30Yeah, I mean, I think he's amazing and he's shown that he can win when he's not even playing
00:34very well. I don't think he was playing well. I don't think he had a lot of expectations,
00:39maybe within himself. But I mean, you know, looking at the cold, hard facts of how he's
00:44performed since sort of Cincinnati final, it's been really sort of wayward, I'd say.
00:50But mentally, he's so tough and he puts everything into it. And I think the will takes him over
00:55the line. And I think that's what you need to have as a champion.
00:59And going into Wimbledon, obviously, he's looking to defend it. Do you feel like he
01:04can adjust to the grass surfaces again and get that title again?
01:08I think he definitely can. I mean, he did it last year and he wasn't even really known
01:12or considered to be a grass court player. He won Queens, he won Wimbledon, beating Djokovic
01:17in the final. So, you have to say that he's going to be riding on that wave of confidence.
01:24So, I think it's a case of who's going to stop Alcaraz.
01:27And obviously, Yannick Sinner coming to World No. 1, you touched on his sort of consistency.
01:32Is that sort of how he's done it? Because he has sort of flown under the radar at times
01:37and then suddenly he's the first Italian to beat to be World No. 1. It's quite remarkable.
01:41How sort of impressed by him have you been?
01:44I mean, he's been amazing. Since the Davis Cup in November last year, you know, beating
01:50Djokovic after Djokovic had match points. I think that's really given him confidence.
01:54It's similar to Novak's trajectory. If you go back to 2011, like in 2010, he took Serbia
02:02to the Davis Cup and they won and all of that. And I think that gave him a lot of confidence,
02:06you know, being within a team. I think it's different. These guys have to play as individuals
02:10and I think having that team around you has kind of boosted Sinner in a different kind
02:14of way.
02:15And obviously, we can't go without talking about Novak Djokovic. I mean, it clearly shows
02:20that a year in sport is quite a long time. Obviously, so, so dominant. You know, having
02:25surgery, possibly going to miss Wimbledon, his poor form as well to reflect that. I mean,
02:30how much has changed in the Djokovic camp and can you see him getting back to his very
02:34fantastic best eventually?
02:36Yes, I can because we have seen it before. You know, we've seen sort of dips in motivation
02:43from Novak. It's not easy to maintain that top, top level for so many years. And I do
02:48feel that whenever Rafa Nadal is no longer sort of in the picture, not intentionally,
02:55but I think for sometimes, I think Novak needs that competition with his great rivals.
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