Alcaraz and Sinner will lead the Rotterdam team after the Australian Open

Before the big battle started, waiting to see how far they could advance Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner In it, this Monday the second official tournament of the season where Italian and Spanish will join in the box.

This will be ATP 500 Rotterdam argue that from February 3 to 9 in the Netherlands, just one week after the Australian Open which is the main goal of the two now. In the first Grand Slam of the season, The sinner defends the title as the first seed, while Alcaraz, currently number 3 in the world, wait to find out if he goes for the same part of the Italian draw or for the German Alexander Zverev.

The two players, who will participate in the ‘Charity Matches’ of the Australian Open starting this Monday but will not face each other, They will follow the same path after the Australian Grand Slam. They will be the first and second seeds, respectively, of a very tough draw at the ATP 500 in Rotterdamwhich also includes Daniil Medvedev, Alex de Minaur, Andrey Rublev, Grigor Dimitrov or Holger Runeamong others. All of them have been confirmed by the organization.

Sinner will also defend the title in Rotterdama tournament where he excelled especially after winning last year’s final against Alex de Minaur and after losing in the final two seasons ago against Daniil Medvedev. This is the fourth time he has played in the tournament, with a loss in the 2020 quarterfinals against Pablo Carreño.

while, In the middle of last year it was revealed that for the first time Alcaraz would participate in the tournament, which represents a significant change in their schedule. Usually, the player from Murcia travels on those dates in the South American tour, with clay court tournaments in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro and even the door is open to the hard court in Acapulco. Last year was not easy for Alcaraz in any clay event. In 2025, its new path to Indian Wells and Miami is confirmed.