New York (AP) – So maybe the first Our open final between Young, Elite Rivals Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner were not that long, compelling and dramatic as their matchup to decide the championship at the French. Perhaps it was not as apparently useful and plot-driven as their confrontation for the Wimbledon trophy.
Still, what The No. 2-class Alcaraz’s 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over no. 1 Sinner on Sunday did that important. Alcaraz confirmed his superiority about the defenderWrested the top position in the ATP ranking list and left tennis fans back to every time their next collision will come.
They are the first two men in the history of the sport who face each other in three consecutive Grand Slam finals within one season.
“I see you more than my family,” Alcaraz joked during the trophy ceremony and grinned a grin from the sinner. “It’s great to share the court, to share the changing rooms, everything.”
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This 2-hour, 42-minute victory, gave Alcaraz, a 22-year-old from Spain, leads over Sinner, a 24-year-old from Italy, from 10-5 in their head-to-head series, 6-4 in total Grand Slam trophies and 2-1 in US Open Championships.
“I give him a lot of praise because he handled the situation better than me,” said Sinner, They complained that his own game was too predictable. “He raised his level when he had to.”
The start of the game was delayed for about half an hour, while thousands of fans were detained outside Arthur Ashe Stadium by going extra security because President Donald Trump Was in the suite of a sponsor.
Under a closed roof due to rain earlier in the day, Alcaraz was stronger, faster, more well equipped for the occasion.
“You were better than me,” Sinner said. “I did my best today. I couldn’t do anymore.”
Alcaraz ended with twice as many winners, 42-21, and his coach, 2003 French open champion Juan Carlos Ferrero, called the performance ‘Perfect’. Alcaraz’s vision of that assessment? “He’s right. I think I played perfectly. … If I want to beat Jannik, I have to play perfectly.”
This Hardcourt Matchup followed Alcaraz’s victory over the sinner For 5 1/2 hours after the eras of a trio of match points on the red clay at Roland-Garros in June, and Sinner’s victory over two -time reigning champion Alcaraz On the grass in the All England Club in July.
“The things … I did well at London,” said Sinner, “he did better today.”
Alcaraz took a week off after Wimbledon and then immediately went to work and spent 15 days with Ferrero and concentrated on one thing and one thing: beating Sinner.
“I studied that competition,” said Alcaraz.
During his defeat in Wimbledon, Alcaraz was caught by a camera who told his team in Spanish: “He is much better than me from the back of the field.”
Perhaps that is the reason why Alcaraz was so aggressive on Sunday with his front hammer of a Forehand. When the smallest opening presented itself, Alcaraz continued with that shot.
Sinner had dropped one service game in his previous three games, but Alcaraz broke immediately on Sunday and five times in total.
These guys have combined to collect the paste elk four and 10 of 13. Novak Djokovic, the 24-way large champion eliminated by Alcaraz on Friday, the other three.
Both Sinner, who had won his last 27 hard matches at Majors, and Alcaraz offered a glimpse of why they are so good on Sunday, although it was rare that both were on a peak at the same time.
An hour and 20 minutes inside it was a set each, after Alcaraz had given a tournament for the first time.
While Sinner worked in things, he would celebrate points by pumping a fist to his guest box, including Olympic champion Ski -Racer Lindsey Vonn.
Ah, but it was Alcaraz who seemed to have more ticket-buyers by his side.
They ruled him with standing ovations. For a particularly magical volley in a difficult to believe a corner just before the ball hit the field, alcaraz found it himself fun and said, “Wow!” And break through in a broad grin. For a special overhead smash to a corner with the tail movement of a firefly.
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Sinner, unnecessary to say, was not so happy with that kind of stroke.
He bounced his racket off the ground and caught it after a lost point. He breathed out and shook his head after another.
Sinner just doesn’t see things like that about someone else.
And these figures say just as much about Alcaraz as they do sinner: in the past two seasons the sinner 1-7 is against Alcaraz-and 109-4 against everyone else.
That one victory for Sinner came to Alcaraz in Wimbledon.
Less than two months later, Alcaraz returned the result to cover what he called ‘the best tournament so far that I have ever played’.
Howard Fendrich has been the tennis writer of the AP since 2002. Find his stories here: https://apnews.com/autthor/howard-fendrich. More AP -Tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis
