Connors on Sinner and Sabalenka: "Winning matches before you even step on the court"

Jimmy Connors has never stopped following tennis closely.

So, on his latest podcast, he returned to the case of Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, both of whom have won two Grand Slam titles this season.

For the American legend, the two tennis stars are gaining a definite psychological advantage over their rivals: "Jannik Sinner and Sabalenka now have a fear factor, other players fear them.

That means they'll start winning matches before they even step on the court.

Confidence is: 'I'll play you for five hours if necessary, whatever it takes, you'll have to find a way to beat me because I won't beat myself'.

For me, that's what great players work for.

They have the game, the mentality and everything they need to win games, but they have that little something extra.

It's the fact that their opponents know they have to kill them to beat them.

It's something special and I think both Sinner and Sabalenka have it now.

It's really special and rare."