Jannik Sinner23 years old and world No. 1, and Carlos Alcaraz21 and No. 3, the current tennis references. The season’s four Grand Slams have been shared, both will want to break this tie in the first ATP Finals and continue the success in the Davis Cup.
The defender of the crown is out of the way, Novak Djokovicdepleted after a knee injury and the Olympic gold, yes the most serious alternative to the established power, the German Alexander Zverevtwo-time champion of the ‘masters’ event and snatched the No. 2 ranking from Espanyol before this event.
Sinner led Sunday with a strong start. Now, Monday, his two main rivals will try to follow him, one of whom he is set to meet in the semifinals. At 2:00 pm (Movistar Plus+), shift Carlos Alcaraz. Their second participation in a Finals begins with the obligation to win, because otherwise their goal will be in jeopardy and completely against normality and prediction.
Because he was facing the Norwegian Casper Ruud25 years old and no. They have lost six of their last games, the three most recent.
Furthermore, the record between them is 4-0 for the El Palmar tennis player. This is their fifth meeting, first this year. They have not measured strength since the Beijing 2023 quarterfinals, with a resounding 6-4 and 6-2 from the student of Juan Carlos Ferrero, who came to Italy as a warrior, ready to win a title they had already achieved Manolo Orantes and Àlex Corretja, no Rafael Nadal.
In 2023 Alcaraz bid farewell to the semifinals against Novak Djokovicafter debuting with a loss against Alexander Zverev. He defeated the Russians Andrey Rublev and Daniil Medvedev. He has been able to reach these past few months more physically and mentally fresher than at other times.
Since the US Open his balance is 12 wins in 14 matches. He won in Beijing, lost in the Shanghai quarterfinals against the Czech Tomas Macac and surrendered to the French Ugo Humbert in the second round of Paris Bercy. He is an all-rounder, even if he is in the more dominant living space of Sinner and Zverev.
The latter will close the day with the John Newcombe Group match Andrey Rublevninth in the ranking and has a starting position due to Djokovic’s resignation.
Alcaraz went straight for the win, and it would have been better if it had been in two sets because of tiebreakers, if necessary. In dispute there are 200 ranking points and an additional monetary prize of $562,000. He has 165,500 insured by jumping on the court, playing the match, to which he will add 396,500 if he wins.
Source: La Verdad
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