The sinner lives in tennis’s cruelest face and clears the way for Alcaraz at the US Open

“Well I think everyone wants that match, Jannik against me, for the match against him last year. It was one of the best games I played in my career”, said Carlos Alcaraz after his duel against Matteo Arnaldi.

Well, it won’t be like that. The long-awaited duel between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner in the quarterfinals of the US Open will not take place. The Italian bid farewell to the tournament, this Tuesday morning in Spain, in a real tennis match against Alexander Zverev, taking the victory 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 4-6 and 6-3 in more than four. and half an hour.

Undoubtedly, it was a fatal morning for Sinner, who was reduced to various stages of the game due to cramps which made them fear possible abandonment in the middle of the third set.

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That was not to be, and the Italian managed to win the fourth round and take the match to a dramatic fifth set where he was saddled with an early break.

Despite trying to balance the partial, Zverev gave no option and was able to hold his serve until he was able to close out the game at 6-3 and seal your ticket to the quarterfinals.

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There he will see them with Alcaraz, where he has a positive balance of 3-2although in the round of 16 in Madrid, this season, he was swept by the Murcian (6-1 and 6-2) at a time when he was still recovering to his level after a serious ankle injury at Roland Garros 2022, where he can alcaraz.