The Spanish champion, who will play today at the Six Kings Slam, talked about the rivalry between the young Spaniard and the Italian

Rafael Nadal has urged the tennis world to pump the breaks on anointing World No. 1 Jannik Sinner and World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz as the sport's next great rivalry. There's been a lot of talk surrounding Alcaraz and Sinner taking the reins from the famed Big Three of Nadal,

Rafael Nadal outlined his respect for Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner but encouraged the media not to compare them to him or his greatest rivals. The era of Nadal, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic dominating tennis and playing each other when at or near their peaks is considered by most to be the greatest the sport has ever seen.

The men’s final of this year’s China Open was billed as a battle between two titans and it definitely didn’t disappoint.

Rafael Nadal has proclaimed that it is too early to compare Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner’s rivalry to the Big Three because Novak Djokovic “is still there.” The 22-time Grand Slam winner lauded Alcaraz and Sinner for the “amazing things” they are achieving as he declared the duo are “creating their own story.

Carlos Alcaraz has warned Rafael Nadal that he will not hold back when they play each other for the final time at the Six Kings Slam. Alcaraz breezed past Holger Rune in the quarter-finals on Wednesday to set up a blockbuster last-four meeting with Nadal.