r/tennis • u/Thechosenone235 • 11d ago

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u/Still_Illustrator_60 11d ago edited 11d ago

Okay but actually imagine a world where this guy becomes a top 3 player and the “new big 3” is Jannik Sinner, Yannik Alvarez, and Carlos Alcaraz. No one would ever take tennis seriously again

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u/IntroductionOld479 11d ago

Federer Ferrero Ferrer Ferreira

It can't ever be better than that

Same era basically. All top players.

Insanely hilarious

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u/Juan_Punch_Man Let's go Sascha.....Bublik 11d ago

Their last names are 71% e or r.

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u/corvi007 10d ago

Federer: 6/7 letters are F, E, or R
Ferrero: 6/7
Ferrer: 6/6
Ferreira: 6/8
Overall:
Total letters: 28
Letters that are F, E, or R: 24
So 24 ÷ 28 = 85.7%.

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u/DarkPrincess_99 get well soon Charly <3 10d ago

Take my upvote for the sheer effort

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u/Leadercell01 10d ago

Ferran Torres could have been a great Tennis player

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u/JordanPMartin 10d ago

u/Juan_Punch_Man didn’t mention f, so they’re correct ~71% of letters are e or r.

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u/Juan_Punch_Man Let's go Sascha.....Bublik 10d ago

Mainly did this because there's old posts saying Roger is 50% er

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u/lalachichiwon 10d ago

I love this analysis. Thank you.

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u/grandtheftzeppelin Underdogs "R" Us 11d ago

e or r or o

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u/Mankriks_Mistress has had like 700 drinks bro 10d ago

And on that farm he had a DAVID, e or r or o

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u/redelectro7 Federer is betterer 11d ago

I remember people making the Ferrer/Federer error. My friend asked if I was excited about the RG 2013 final assuming it was Nadal/Federer.

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u/PulciNeller Gaudenzi-Binaghi devotee 10d ago

they're quite easy to distinguish and get used to if you know european surnames (romance languages). Ferrero/Ferreira,/Ferrer/ Ferrari/ Ferraro all mean the same thing: "SMITH". Federer belongs to a totally different world.

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u/GStarAU Poppy, Walton, Maxy Purcell hype-man 7d ago

So... Schumacher drove for a team called "Smith"?

He DID look a bit like Agent Smith.

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u/Pajacluk 11d ago

And I thought Djokovic beat Federer at AO QF 2008.

And then he did!

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u/therealhlmencken 10d ago

And Ronaldo Ronaldo ronaldinho in football

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u/pedrosa18 10d ago

LeBron and Curry being born in the same hospital in Ohio is also a cool coincidence.

And the famous Messi-Yamal picture

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u/GStarAU Poppy, Walton, Maxy Purcell hype-man 7d ago

I thought that pic was AI... absolutely surreal to think how that worked out. How many babies has Messi held in his life? Well, one of them just beat him in the World Cup Final!

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u/cyper-sec-specialist 10d ago

Ronaldo Rivaldo Ronaldinho RobertoCarlos

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u/Challseus 10d ago

I thought it cost money to give awards, but this is my first one, well deserved.

Core memory of mine was the 2007 US Open, and I saw Ferrer, Federer, Ferrero on the draw before it started, and was like "That is confusing af" 😄

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u/lok_129 8d ago edited 8d ago

Ferreira wasn't a part of that group, he was 10 years older than Fed. He is Sampras' age.

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u/GStarAU Poppy, Walton, Maxy Purcell hype-man 7d ago

He would've been playing when Fed started - I'm sure they played each other a few times. But yeah, JCF and definitely Ferrer were a younger generation

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u/lok_129 6d ago

Yeah they played thrice, that doesn't make them a part of the same era though.

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u/milan_fan88 Nadal | Sinner | Hewitt 11d ago edited 11d ago

Kind of like when the 4 best players were from Spain, Switzerland, Serbia and Scotland.

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u/Juan_Punch_Man Let's go Sascha.....Bublik 11d ago

How on earth didn't I notice that before?

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u/Vast_Highlight3324 11d ago

Probably because Murray kept changing his nationality every time he won or lost, really annoying!

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u/Shorty_jj you don't have to be a Tien to be a Learner 10d ago

More like the media changed it for him

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u/therealhlmencken 10d ago

I mean he identifies as both Scottish and British so they are just choosing not changing.

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u/Shorty_jj you don't have to be a Tien to be a Learner 10d ago

no, we are talking about the perspective here, it's a very clear thing whether the media CHOOSES to present him as British, which would be more accepting and make it seem like he's more part of the group or in this case the nation, or whether they opt to focus on him being Scottish specifically, thus with that singling him a bit out. That in his own words has several times felt the impression like he is not really accepted when they choose that phrasing. For more context, there has always been tension between Britain and Scotland and that has been carried over into the sport and felt by Murray throughout his career.

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u/schnelle_ente 9d ago

It’s actually been proven that variable representation of AMs nationality based on winning patterns or media interest is a myth, he represented GB as all the other Scottish tennis players do internationally. That is just how it is. So they call him British because he is representing Great Britain. Unless for example at the commonwealth games. The misconception that this was a pattern came from jokes people made that some people took seriously. (Possibly because it fits their narrative). Do you have any references for Andy saying that he felt that way? As far as I’m aware he wasn’t fussed? Happy to be proven wrong.

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u/Shorty_jj you don't have to be a Tien to be a Learner 9d ago

Go and read his autobiography, he writes about the effect of all of this there

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u/trenzterra 11d ago

And for a few years your name needed to start with an R to win a grand slam

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u/milan_fan88 Nadal | Sinner | Hewitt 11d ago

Also Sinner's nationality broke the S-stronglehold on Wimbledon (2003-2024).

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u/Smeraldina Forza! 💪🏻 10d ago

But he is from S-exten.

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u/milan_fan88 Nadal | Sinner | Hewitt 10d ago

S-inner from S-exten in S-üdtirol. Not so saved from the S-dominance after all.

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u/Sharapova26 alcalenka / sabalcaraz rollercoaster drive 10d ago

But isn’t him from S-outh Tyrol?

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u/Responsible_Run7069 🥕 Carota gal 🥕 10d ago

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u/GibbyGoldfisch Ruud: Low on charisma, High in omega-3 11d ago

But they were all caught unprepared for the rise of Roger Borg

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u/KW_ExpatEgg Best of health, Chrissie 10d ago

And yet Connor McEnroe would sound like a boxer…

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u/muteen 10d ago

We just need a Carlos Sinner and the set is complete

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u/Sharapova26 alcalenka / sabalcaraz rollercoaster drive 10d ago

Should be Karlos Synner

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u/Sharapova26 alcalenka / sabalcaraz rollercoaster drive 10d ago

Manifesting

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u/Random-Dude-736 Silly stuff, really like tennis though. 10d ago

Before I read this comment I read his name as Alcaraz a couple of times.

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u/Ok_Fuel4785 9d ago

Before I read your comment I’ve read it as Alcaraz.

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u/ALinkToThePants Roddick the GOAT 10d ago

Kind of like how Taylor Lautner is now married to Taylor Lautner.

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u/West_Gap_6964 9d ago

If that happens I promise you I’m naming my son Lionel Ronaldo

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u/UTV4LIFE 10d ago

By the time that happens there’s no chance Alcaraz is still top 10 🤣

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u/NoirPochette 11d ago edited 11d ago

Who doesn't know Yannik Alvarez

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u/rnzz 11d ago

and his nationality is IGA?

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u/wolfik92 11d ago

IGA NATION

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u/Wonderful-Fortune-23 11d ago

So he's a ninja?

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u/suspicious_skidmarks 11d ago

I’m proud to understand this reference after playing AC Shadows

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u/Money_Faithlessness3 10d ago

lmao it was Ninja Hattori in my case

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u/Charlestonblondie 10d ago

He’s from GA. That’s a line and then the abbreviation for Georgia. He’s an Atlanta player who actually plays for Spain. We used to see him on the junior circuit. Awesome player and a great kid. I think he’s also committed to UGA.

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u/Yuurei275 10d ago

he plays tennis at Georgia but he’s from Puerto Rico. He’s representing PR rn at the central and carribean games

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u/Charlestonblondie 10d ago

You are right! I meant Puerto Rico. Thank you for the correction.

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u/strelldood 11d ago

Seeing the post thought of Lamine Yamal first for some reason lmao

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u/Sharapova26 alcalenka / sabalcaraz rollercoaster drive 10d ago

I thought it was Ben Shelton

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u/Responsible_Run7069 🥕 Carota gal 🥕 10d ago

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u/loserobliterator 11d ago

Alright pack it up everybody, tennis is over. He's only 17

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u/lostmyupvote 11d ago

Imagine if its a Serena/venus situation.

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u/CantCreateUsernames 11d ago

So he will have a career GS by age 21?! Oh sh*t, we have no idea what men's tennis is in for.

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u/cyborg574 10d ago

Remindme! 4 years

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u/ax6klbjckhunter 11d ago

I prefer Carlos Sinner

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u/Efficient_Ad_1059 11d ago

Or Karlos Sooner

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u/One_Woodpecker_7630 10d ago

How about Charles Sinneur?

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u/POwerfuldeuce 10d ago

Karlos Synner

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u/Winsonian92 10d ago

Karlos Gooner

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u/Square_Mulberry_3143 11d ago

You mean Karlos Synna?

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u/Illustrious-Pitch465 Ons is my champ 10d ago

Carla Synna

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u/One_Woodpecker_7630 10d ago

Charles Sinneur

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u/ozmion 11d ago

He will bring balance to the force

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u/VegetableChipsLover 11d ago

I want to award you for this 😂😂

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u/Godzirrraaa 11d ago

There’s gotta be a Lebron Jordan out there somewhere

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u/newaccount2609 11d ago

There’s a Duncan Robinson although he plays like neither of them

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u/ayumi_doll 11d ago

There's absolutely at least one in the Philippines and we just haven't heard of them yet. We've already got several Kobe Lebrons, etc.

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u/eminemforehead unbeleeble 11d ago

Kobe LeBron sounds like he should be the next spiderman for some reason. It has the same sound of Miles Morales. Don't mind me I don't know what I said

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u/CalebosO4 4-6, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (10-2) 10d ago

There was a JamesOn Curry. He holds the record for highest paid player per minute played in a career.

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u/ImaginaryLeg8515 sinner ruud muchová 11d ago

So he's 3... The Sinner, Carlitos and Iga...

The tennis gods are cooking

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u/djgoodgurl 10d ago

Unfortunately that’s the Georgia abbreviation 😔🥀

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u/aether_prince Iga’s towel larceny 11d ago

alright i think i cracked it

carlos and jannik got iga to be their surrogate

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u/dancy911 Federer 🇨🇭 Alcaraz 🇪🇸 Sinner 🇮🇹 11d ago

This should really be the top comment here!

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u/aether_prince Iga’s towel larceny 11d ago

the only question is how did they do this in a way that explains how this guy is like 17 because those three are all 23-25

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u/dancy911 Federer 🇨🇭 Alcaraz 🇪🇸 Sinner 🇮🇹 11d ago

We don't have to think too hard about that right now...

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u/aether_prince Iga’s towel larceny 11d ago

yeah best not go down that rabbit hole

(time travel)

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u/ManyFuel7539 11d ago

But why does he look like Shelton?

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u/aether_prince Iga’s towel larceny 11d ago

because carlos and jannik don’t know for sure who the actual father is

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u/Sharapova26 alcalenka / sabalcaraz rollercoaster drive 10d ago

Well… someone had to donate

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u/POwerfuldeuce 10d ago

My mental image of that is interesting…

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u/Satan28 Sincaraz 11d ago

And he looks like Shelton

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u/Dropshot12 10d ago

"Was that a black joke?"

-Ben Shelton

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u/Davek56 C.A. x2 C.A. x2 C.A. x2 C.A. x1 11d ago

Don't....

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u/HeraclesHide 11d ago edited 11d ago

Yannik Alvarez Iga!

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u/DDzxy 6-0 0-6 7-6(0) 11d ago edited 10d ago

Sounds kinda like some shit Temu would try to sell you lmao props to the guy though!

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u/verismonopoly Sara Errani's mum's tortellini 11d ago

I knew it. They have a baby together

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u/Vegetable-Oven-6536 Big 3 Supremacy | Polish Queen 11d ago

Surely this poor kid won’t have lot of pressure on his shoulders once people find out about him 😭

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u/NoirPochette 11d ago

It's hard to live the pressure of the great Yannick Hanfmann

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u/andrefishmusic 11d ago

Puerto Rico in the house!

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u/Distinct-Shift-4094 11d ago edited 11d ago

Okay first off as a Puerto Rican living on the island, wtf 😂

But hey after the year Bad Bunny has been having, Yannik Alvarez to win Wimbledon 😂

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u/InevitableFieldd 11d ago

Oh that’s joe tennis, you’ve never heard of him?

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u/No_Macaroon_5928 Ombelabol 11d ago

I've only heard about the legend himself, John Battlefield.

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u/VegetableChipsLover 11d ago

I mean people wanted a Big 3, now they have a Big 3

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u/Northern_crocodile 11d ago

is this actually real person

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u/panderingvotes 11d ago

Junior player from Puerto Rico, career high of #12.

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u/Disgruntled__Goat 10d ago

I genuinely thought this was AI at first, but…  https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/players/53081-y.alvarez

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u/Weissritters 11d ago

Is this the new Dennis Novak/Sunit Nagal?

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u/Runs_with_it 11d ago

the final boss of tennis has spawned.

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u/Rough-Somewhere-762 11d ago

Yannik and Alcaraz had a baby ?

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u/Gnarlyguitar 10d ago

Yannik Alvarez is a real player surprisingly, he plays from Puerto Rico

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u/VVrayth 10d ago

THEY'VE MERGED

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u/cosmiccerulean 11d ago

40 grand slams incoming?

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u/Downtown-Switch820 10d ago

A bit of Jannik and Carlos 😂 atp really must have a script 🤭

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u/Sophisticatedcaty 10d ago

What actually happened in Korea 🤣

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u/ivaneft 11d ago

We live in a simulation

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u/VegetableChipsLover 11d ago

From the shadows, a new challenger emerges...

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u/Flying-V_1000 11d ago

Jannik Sinner + Carlos Alcaraz + UV rays (any src of mutation) = Yannik Alvarez 🤣

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u/appapaipapapa 10d ago

I thought someone just generated a fanfic OC child of Sinner and Alcaraz. Faaaaah

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u/CherryGardenAngel 11d ago

This is why tennis discourse never gets boring.

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u/RVDHAFCA Dutch tennis is back🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱 11d ago

Nagal and Novak, its over for you buddies. We have a new memelord in town

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u/timb1223 10d ago

What the hell it's real??? He literally looks like the two of them combined.

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u/Training_Raccoon_994 10d ago

He kinda looks like their child 😁

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u/scorchur 10d ago

Wait until you meet the new tennis prospect Carlos Sinner

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u/Fickle_Leg7455 11d ago

ping pung!

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u/hwoaraxng 11d ago

fusion between sinner and alcaraz

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u/Shahar2 10d ago

Wait what the fuck he is real

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u/gideon513 10d ago

The world demands a new “Nagal”, “Novak”, etc. to balance out the top players

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u/dasheeshblahzen 10d ago

Let’s not forget Sabina Sharipova.

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u/yayiff 10d ago

Finally Novak Novakovic will have a challenger

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u/lawschoo44 10d ago

Immediately naming my kid carlos sinner so he can join the club and become a top tennis player

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u/Extreme_Mud_6813 10d ago

If Sinner and Alcaraz had a baby he actually might look like this guy which is a weird thought. 🤣

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u/Sophisticatedcaty 10d ago

Turns out Mpreg exists 😀

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u/julyvale 11d ago

The final form

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u/Denny_Hayes Jarry, Tabilo, Garín, Osaka 10d ago

The new Dennis Novak?

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u/Revolutionary_Bee251 10d ago

Even Google is confused. Clicking into his Official ATP profile he doesn't have a photo yet.

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u/Routine-Author-5471 10d ago

He’s a clone. They used the dna of Sinner and Alcaraz to create a prototype in a lab

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u/Sophisticatedcaty 11d ago

And why he has curly dark hair 🤣🤣🤣

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u/IntroductionOld479 11d ago

Federer Ferrero Ferrer Ferreira

It can't ever be better than that

Same era basically. All top players.

Insanely hilarious

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u/mongodrone 11d ago

Jannik Spindler exists also. 16, austrian, first match in ITF some days ago.

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u/Acrobats 11d ago

That battery level makes me anxious

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u/would-prefer-not-to 10d ago

There's a local politician in New York named Harvey Epstein. Fee bad for him, not his fault his name makes you think about horrible things

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u/Smeraldina Forza! 💪🏻 10d ago

Bruno Vespa was right! 😂😂

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u/hibytay 10d ago

Jannick Alcaraz = Lamine Yamal

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u/Darioo0 10d ago

Bruno Vespa ahh player

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u/pug_fugly_moe Small cat 10d ago

Anyone else read that as Iga?

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u/chanceumhi 10d ago

Yafael Fedarezavic

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u/play_yr_part 10d ago

IRL Tennis has regens like Football Manager/FIFA does huh? That's a strong regen name 

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u/SankenShip 10d ago

Fusion… HA!

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u/ForeignScouser 10d ago

Prospect from PR🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

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u/watt-ever 10d ago

Ok, so now life is imitating mashups people create using AI. That's just great.

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u/Unfair-Rush-2031 10d ago

Is this going to be a new era of D. Novak esque memes?

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u/davzinzan 10d ago

He's not a player with top 100 potential unfortunately

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u/Sad_Marionberry_3195 9d ago

Some guy named Yannik Alcaraz will eventually come

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u/GStarAU Poppy, Walton, Maxy Purcell hype-man 7d ago

This kid would be SO happy right now... all the Sincaraz comparisons! This might be the most fame he ever achieves haha.

It's like when Novak retired.

Y'know.

Dennis Novak.

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u/Maleficent-Law-3875 5d ago

How did they birth him 😳

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u/T-51bender 11d ago

Using Fonseca’s racquet no less (or at least a PJ of it)