Alcaraz ran into a formidable Djokovic, who will be playing in his ninth ATP Finals final

A question of experience. And if there’s one man who dominates an ATP Finals, it’s him Novak Djokovic, who at 36 years of age will be making his ninth final in sixteen appearances. He stopped the Spanish debutant in his tracks Carlos Alcaraz20, who bid farewell to Turin with two wins and two losses in his debut.

A Alcaraz which started very well, but lost focus because it missed opportunities and grew the figure of its rival, which went from less to more to finish with a good version. The non-world number defeated the two 6-3 and 6-2 in one hour and 29 minutes.

This Sunday, a curious finale. The first Italian in the history of the tournament, Jannik Sinner22 years old, dealing at six o’clock in the afternoon in a Novak Djokovic forever who he lost to in the group stage and who he played on the final day because of his defeat against Holger Rune I was going to leave the top favorite.

The Italian comes in unbeaten after defeating the Russian Daniel Medvedev by 6-3, 6-7 (4) and 6-1, heated up the atmosphere at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, with 13,000 spectators rooting for their hero.

‘Nole’ has the ability to break the six-crown tie with the Swiss Roger Federer. Catch another solo record. He gave a lesson indoors and fast surface. He started a bit sluggishly, but had enough resources to lift 15-40, two break points, in the opening game.

The wisdom of a legend, survived the electric start of Alcaraz, who showed his best version until the eighth game when he stopped taking first serves and chained several errors. A downturn that paid dearly. Not only because the break conceded (3-5) cost him the set, but because it was a fatal blow to his confidence level.

Charlie He hit his racket bag with his racket. Frustrated to deliver the set. Too anxious about that ‘game’ that he has no control over. In an instant he returned to the version before this tournament, where he appeared without confidence, accumulating a negative streak of three defeats, including the premiere in Turin against Alexander Zverev.

The Murcian lost his sensation, amid the progress of Djokovic, who immediately put things on the road in the second set (3-1). Alcaraz reacted, he regained order in his actions, in his power, in his spark. He managed to extend the sentence, he avoided 1-4 and served Djokovic, who in the next game snatched the Spaniard’s attempt to recover by coming back from 15-40 to go up 4-2.

They were two great games, ten minutes of a very good level. With long and amazing points. They made the public stand up. But the teacher is Djokovic, more comfortable indoors and on very fast courts. The Balkans were great, he didn’t agree. He knows how to live from his victories and also from the irregularity of a cyclothymic Spaniard, from the emotional swings that distinguish his tennis.