Alcaraz on Sinner rivalry: 'We push one another to the restrict'

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Alcaraz on Sinner rivalry: ‘We push one another to the restrict’

Spaniard visits TODAY with fellow US Open champ Sabalenka

September 10, 2025

Carlos Alcaraz was using excessive Monday in New York.

The Spaniard, contemporary off claiming his sixth main trophy on the US Open, loved a rooftop photoshoot in entrance of the Manhattan skyline to have a good time his second triumph at Flushing Meadows. 

The 22-year-old turned one among solely three males within the Open Period to say six Slam titles earlier than turning 23, becoming a member of Bjorn Borg and countryman Rafael Nadal. Alcaraz achieved the feat by defeating rival Jannik Sinner, in opposition to whom he owns a 10-5 Lexus ATP Head2Head benefit.

Followers dreamt of a remaining between Alcaraz and Sinner inside Arthur Ashe Stadium and that’s what they obtained. This was the pair’s third consecutive main remaining, after Alcaraz received Roland Garros and Sinner earned revenge at Wimbledon.

Carlos Alcaraz” type=”width:100%;” src=”https://www.atptour.com/-/media/photos/information/2025/09/09/23/32/sabalenka-alcaraz-us-open-trophies-today.jpg”>Picture Credit score: Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesAlcaraz was requested about his rivalry with Sinner on NBC’s TODAY present, which he visited with US Open ladies’s singles champion Aryna Sabalenka.

“For me it’s nice,” mentioned Alcaraz, who defined how battling Sinner helps him enhance. “I feel we push one another to the restrict each time. My practices are simply centered to see how I might be higher simply to beat Jannik. So I feel the rivalry, it’s particular, splitting Grand Slams, preventing for the good issues.”

Alcaraz additionally recaptured No. 1 within the PIF ATP Rankings from Sinner by beating the Italian on Sunday. The brand new World No. 1 owns a 61-6 document this season based on the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index and can attempt to carry his momentum into the ultimate two months of the season.

A winner of seven titles this season, Alcaraz is in nice place to earn ATP 12 months-Finish No. 1 introduced by PIF honours for the second time (2022).