The final today, Sunday (9:00 pm/Movistar Plus+) in the Miami Masters 1000 ATP is more than its protagonists, the Italian Jannik Sinner and the bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov. This has an impact on the hegemony of world tennis. The Serbian Novak Djokovic The world number 1 is tied, but not the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz the second position, despite the fact that he has not moved from the top-2 since he was the youngest leader in history, on September 12, 2022.
The Murcian is in danger of being overtaken by Sinner, who will take his place if he is the champion in Miami. The 22-year-old transalpine will also take another step forward towards the number one he is about to reach, during the clay court tour.
Djokovic, Alcaraz and Medvedev They look closely at the evolution of Sinner, who became the leader of the season. The numbers support the effectiveness of his game. Champion of the Australian Open and Rotterdam, he won 21 of 22 matches. He just lost to Alcaraz in the semifinals of Indian Wells.
He will go for his thirteenth ATP title, his second Masters 1000, after Canada 2023, where his ascent began. Since the last US Open, he has won 41 of 44 matches. He is the tennis player at the moment, distancing himself from his direct opponents.
Lost in Miami finals in 2021 and 2023, by Pole Hubert Hurkacz and the Russian Daniel Medvedev, respectively, has a third opportunity, which he faces in a better position. Last season he appeared in the center after being sick in the evening, and he passed it against the Muscovite, on whom he got revenge on Friday in the semifinals.
Alcaraz will also be interested in how his executioner behaves in the quarters, a Grigor Dimitrov brilliant, making the most of his superclass status at 32 years old. The Bulgarian not only overthrew the Hispanic, he continued his work, breaking a streak of seven consecutive losses to the German. Alexander Zverevwhich he defeated 6-4, 6-7 (4) and 6-4.
This Monday he will return to the world top-10, 260 weeks after leaving the top ten club. He is the number 3, champion of the 2017 ATP Finals. It took him seven years to break the drought crown, in January at Brisbane. He has a total of 9 titles, he lost 10 finals. The sinner was more decisive on the final day of the tournament, with a positive balance of 12-3.
Two tennis players in top shape, physically and mentally, representing the strength of the new generation, one and the resistance of the old guard, the other. Their third meeting, with 2-1 Sinner, who in the second round of Miami 2023 defeated Dimitrov 6-3 and 6-4, whom he later defeated in the quarterfinals of Beijing (6-4, 3-6, 6 -2).
Source: La Verdad
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