Carlos Alcaraz gained his second Grand Slam title of the yr–tying Jannik Sinner in that division–by defeating his chief rival 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 within the U.S. Open last on Sunday afternoon. The second-ranked Spaniard, who will return to world No. 1 on Monday, triumphed after two hours and 42 minutes.
This marks the second straight season by which Sinner and Alcaraz swept the 4 Grand Slams titles with two wins apiece. In 2024 it was Alcaraz rising victorious on the French Open and Wimbledon, Sinner prevailing on the Australian Open and U.S. Open. This time round it was Alcaraz on the French Open and U.S. Open, Sinner on the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
“I’m seeing you greater than my household,” Alcaraz joked to Sinner through the trophy ceremony.
And it might be true.
The 2 greatest gamers on tour–by a rustic mile–have squared off 15 occasions, together with 5 in 2025 (all because the begin of Might). Alcaraz leads the H2H 10-5 and is 2-0 towards Sinner on the U.S. Open, having beforehand gained an epic five-setter within the 2022 quarters. He additionally survived in 5 within the French Open championship match a couple of months in the past, getting back from two units down and saving triple-match level.
Sinner didn’t come anyplace close to that shut in New York on Sunday. Whereas Alcaraz had not misplaced a set all through your complete occasion, Sinner seemed considerably weak at occasions throughout four-set wins over Canadians Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime. The Italian seemed to be in higher form bodily within the last than he did towards Auger-Aliassime, however he served at a dreadful 48 p.c–a very expensive quantity provided that he gained a mere 48 p.c of his second-serve factors. Alcaraz capitalized by breaking serve 5 occasions.
“You’re doing an incredible job,” Sinner informed Alcaraz. “I do know [there is] loads of arduous work behind this efficiency at the moment. You have been higher than me…. I attempted my greatest at the moment; I couldn’t do extra.
“I felt like he was doing the whole lot barely higher at the moment, particularly serving, each side, each swings very clear,” Sinner added throughout his press convention. “Yeah, I feel that’s it. I give numerous credit score to him, as a result of he dealt with the scenario higher than I did. Yeah, he raised his stage when he needed to. I’m nonetheless pleased with myself, concerning the season I’m enjoying and making. However, yeah, he performed higher than me at the moment.”
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