The battle between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner is still at a formative stage, but the race is already on to see which of the âBig 2â in menâs tennis will win the most Grand Slam titles.
Alcaraz already has seven major titles in his collection and Sinner has five, with their push for Grand Slam glory in 2026 hampered by long-term injuries for both.
Now their battle is set to be resumed in 2027 and former world No 1 Jim Courier has given his verdict on who will win the most Grand Slam titles by the end of their careers.
Speaking on the latest edition of the Off Court with Greg Rusedski podcast, four-time Grand Slam champion Courier came down on the side of the Spaniard.
âI think the easy answer is Carlos because heâs younger and heâs ahead at this point,â he declared.
âBut injuries, I think, are gonna dictate it. Weâll see how that goes, but I think Carlos.â
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Courier also gave his verdict on Sinnerâs move to hire Magnus Norman as his new coach, with Darren Cahill stepping back from his role with the world No 2.
Simone Vagnozzi will also continue in Sinnerâs camp, with Courier excited to see what the new face can add to the Italianâs armoury.
âMagnus Norman is is at the top of the list of anyone whoâs looking for a good coach if he were available. He would be right there,â stated Courier.
âAnd Darren Cahill certainly would be as well, if he wanted to continue coaching.
âTheyâre in that same genre of players who coach players who turned into great coaches who also are really in the background.
âSo theyâre not players that theyâre not coaches that are looking for attention, theyâre looking to help their players and theyâre incredible at it. Their records are amazing.
âAlso, they are very understated and I think that really is is within the Jannick Sinner camps vibe.
âThatâs why I think that Norman will fit into the vibe because heâs not looking for promotion or publicity. Heâs looking to do good work with a great player. And heâs getting a great player, obviously. I think that it should be a seamless transition.
âYou look at what Vagnozziâs piece of the puzzle is, he seems to be the technical expert, the one that helps them with the technical changes.
âCahill was more the strategy, has been the strategy, has been the experience of what does this feel like when you get into these moments, something that Vagnozzi is an amazing coach but was never an amazing player. So thereâs that balance.
âAnd Magnus Norman fits in there. Itâs basically just like a widget being replaced perfectly. But these are the best coaches in the world.
âSo kudos to Jannik for being able to get him. And I know Magnus has turned down so many offers in the last couple of years because he wanted to stay with with Stan Wawrinka until the very end. So the timing of this makes a lot of sense.â
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