Greg Rusedski settles it: "The ATP has what the WTA does not have"

In his podcast, Greg Rusedski revived an old debate: why does the WTA struggle to create a rivalry as notable as that of Alcaraz and Sinner?

Clément Gehl

le 23/12/2025 à 15h39

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In his podcast "Off Court with Greg," Greg Rusedski compared the ATP and WTA. For him, the men's circuit has a major asset that the WTA would not have: a notable rivalry, that between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner.

It seems that, according to him, the rivalry between Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka is not notable enough in his eyes: the two players have never faced each other in a Grand Slam final.

"If there is a rivalry, that's the problem. If 2026 starts with a rivalry, Rybakina is back in the race, Madison Keys won her first Grand Slam title this year. Coco Gauff won Roland-Garros. Sabalenka won the US Open.

"We need this kind of clashes in the future"

If they face each other every week on the circuit, it's enough for tennis, but they haven't yet had the chance to experience such a rivalry. Chrissy (Evert) and Martina (Navratilova) faced each other 80 times, it's the greatest rivalry in tennis, that's what they need.

If we turn on the TV, on the men's side, we know that the rivalry pits Alcaraz against Sinner. On the women's side, it could be anyone for now, and we need this kind of clashes in the future."

Sources

thetennisgazette.com

Sabalenka Aryna

1e, 10870 points

Swiatek Iga

2e, 8395 points

Rybakina Elena

5e, 5850 points

Gauff Cori

3e, 6763 points

7e, 4335 points

1e, 12050 points

2e, 11500 points

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