Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz on top of the tennis world right now. The pair have split the last eight Grand Slams, and have contested the finals of the last seven. The last other player to reach a Grand Slam final was Daniil Medvedev, who lost the 2024 Australian Open final in five sets.

The tennis world is expecting this new duo to dominate for the foreseeable future. After all, no one has really challenged them in the biggest moments in only two years. Fans and pundits in every corner and every outlet ( including this one ) talk about how there’s no one else on their level right now. Which is, technically, true. But I’m here to tell you that history says it just won’t last.

I don’t need to identify a challenger. Some expected Alcaraz to achieve these heights a few years ago

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