Jannik Sinner concedes Carlos Alcaraz is 'too good' for him as Wimbledon champion owns up

Jannik Sinner has admitted Carlos Alcaraz is too good for him - at golf. The world No. 1 overcame the Spaniard in the Wimbledon final a month ago, gaining his revenge after losing to the world No. 2 in the French Open final.

The two young tennis stars look set to dominate the sport in a similar way to Rafael Nadal,Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic did before them. When Sinner and Alcaraz step onto the court with each other, fireworks and breathtaking tennis are almost a guarantee. But while the duo are always leathering huge forehands and backhands past each other, the story is different when they are playing with their clubs rather than their rackets.

Despite being narrowly ahead of Alcaraz in tennis in the rankings, Sinner insists there is only one winner when they have a game of golf together.

While speaking to , Sinner offered an insight into their battles on the course together. The Italian said: "Yeah, we actually played a couple of times before the tournament. I am not a good golfer, but I love to spend time doing different things.

"Sometimes we will be talking and then it'll be, 'Maybe now, we go, because it is not late and tomorrow we have one day off, so maybe we will play a couple of holes here' - [it was the same] also last year.

"Here is the best place to play golf. In Cincinnati there is not so much to do. We are actually lucky the golf course is there. The first hole should be straight, but on the left there are lots of cars. If one ball finishes in the car [park] then that's me [done]."

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When asked if they were going to face each other in Cincinnati, Sinner quickly replied: "No, no, no Carlos is too good for me. Me and my team is better [for me]."

At the Cincinnati Masters, Sinner has been the player who has been far too good. He opened his hard court campaign with a first round match against Daniel Elahi Galan.

The world No. 1 dominated the Colombian star, winning 96% of his 1st serve points on his way to a comprehensive 6-1, 6-1 triumph. He next faces 30th seed Gabriel Diallo of Canada in the second round.

Meanwhile, Alcaraz made hard work of beating Bosnia and Herzegovina ace Damir Dzumhur. Alcaraz won the first set with ease 6-1, but lost the second set 6-2, after Dzumhur raised his game

He would go on to regain his composure in the third and final set, winning 6-3 to move into the next round. The two-time Wimbledon winner will need to improve when he faces Hamad Medjedovic next.