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As Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner hole for their season-opening accumulation lucifer successful Incheon, the world's apical 2 men's tennis players floated the prospect of 1 time playing unneurotic successful a doubles tournament.
The pair, who person won 9 of the past 10 Grand Slam titles betwixt them, volition conscionable successful the Hyundai Card Super Match astatine the Inspire Arena connected Saturday, 8 days earlier the Australian Open begins astatine Melbourne Park.
"It was erstwhile oregon doubly we thought astir it," satellite fig 1 Alcaraz told a property league connected Friday (January 9, 2026), which was followed by a playful array tennis league successful beforehand of hundreds of fans.
"But being singles players and playing truthful galore matches, tourney aft tourney successful a row, it's truly hard to play doubles sometimes.
"At slightest erstwhile would beryllium fine. But I deliberation I play forehand and helium (Sinner) plays backhand."
Sinner also embraced the idea.
"I deliberation it would beryllium amusive astatine slightest 1 clip to stock the tribunal successful antithetic ways, connected the aforesaid side," helium said.
"We are going to speech astir it possibly this year. Or adjacent year, wherefore not? It's going to beryllium a surprise!"
‘Making our ain story’
The duo, dubbed "Sincaraz", person helped usher men's tennis into a caller epoch beyond the "Big Three" of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
"We person a large rivalry. We besides request to spot however agelong we tin support up this level. What the 'Big Three' has done, we cannot comparison ourselves with them. We besides don't privation to. We are conscionable ourselves," satellite fig 2 Sinner said.
"We privation to marque our ain story. It's however everything should be. In sport, we should not comparison truthful overmuch due to the fact that everyone is different. I'm blessed to beryllium portion of this 2 astatine the moment.
"There are galore large different players and if we driblet conscionable a small bit, they're going to instrumentality our place. It's great to person him to propulsion maine to the limit."
Sinner stressed that their performances successful the Seoul clash would not beryllium a existent indicator of however they volition fare astatine the Australian Open.
"We're blessed to beryllium here, we're blessed to supply hopefully bully tennis tomorrow," the Italian added.
"But it's not going to bespeak connected immoderate of america however we're going to commencement the tourney successful Australia. We are present to marque hopefully a bully match, but besides to enactment a grin connected arsenic galore radical arsenic possible."
