Carlos Alcaraz told what he was really ‘lacking’ in the Wimbledon final that Jannik Sinner had that he needs to fix

With the quality on display, it could not go on like that forever.

However, it was a particularly flat display from the 22-year-old, who admittedly struggled to get a foothold in the match, ironically after he had won the first set.

One pundit has sought to explain what he saw as the main issue that limited his chances of success.

What Carlos Alcaraz massively lacked in the Wimbledon final

It was David Law who led the analysis of Carlos Alcaraz’s deficiencies in the final, speaking on The Tennis Podcast.

He spoke at length about what he felt was the crucial difference-maker, stating: “It’s a very interesting question because Hannah Wilkes, who works with us, put in our group on the barge that Alcaraz is lacking focus in this match.

“The focus that he normally has against Jannik Sinner because he has to have it, if he’s going to be competitive, and maybe the reason he’s lacking it is because he won the last, what, five in a row, and maybe it’s difficult to feel quite so threatened and quite so focused and quite so worried when you keep beating this guy.

“That may be it. May not be, I can’t know, but I’ve always felt that that head-to-head was actually not really reflective of what I was seeing. I mean, he did keep winning those matches, but some of the times, it didn’t feel like he should have been winning them. I mean, it’s incredible that he turned them around.

“The Rome one, Sinner’s only just back from being out for a long time and frankly should have won the first set of it. There’s loads of occasions when I think really Sinner should have won.

“So maybe this will make Alcaraz go and rebuild a little more. I say rebuild, he’s got an amazing game, but maybe he’s going to have to look at his game and try to figure out why was my first percentage so low, relatively? Why is Sinner more consistent than me?

You know? He doesn’t have these Fognini-type matches. I know he had the Dimitrov one, but those are not comparable. Dimitrov was playing out of his mind that day, and is considerably younger than Fabio Fognini.

“But it’s very rare that you see… I can’t think of so many performances from Sinner where you think, why is Sinner playing this like this, can you? Alcaraz does that a lot.”

Along with that, Lindsay Davenport thought Alcaraz looked emotionally distressed too, revealing what she heard him shout at his box during the match.

Carlos Alcaraz’s last five matches against Jannik Sinner

With this being the 13th iteration of an already great rivalry, it’s worth combing through through their most recent meetings to see how they played out.

Naturally, yesterday’s Wimbledon final is still fresh in the memory, as Jannik Sinner came from a set down to win in four.

However, before that was the French Open final, which has been branded by many as the greatest Grand Slam clash in history.

Carlos Alcaraz’s recent head-to-head vs Jannik Sinner

Lasting nearly six hours, Alcaraz came from two sets to love down and faced three championship points in the fourth set. Somehow, he survived, and went on to win the most magical of matches in a deciding fifth-set tiebreak.

Before that came Rome, in another final. However, as his first tournament back since his ban, Sinner looked sluggish after he lost the first set and would lose the match in straight sets.

This marks their final meeting this year, with Alcaraz also winning their last clash in 2024 in the Beijing final. Another dramatic comeback.

And finally, their fifth meeting also came at Roland Garros, but a year earlier. There, the five-time Grand Slam champion beat Sinner in the semi-finals on his way to a maiden title in Paris.