Alcaraz Beats Sinner Again to Win the Italian Open and Solidify His Status as French Open Favorite (Copy)

Rome champion Alcaraz expects French Open threat from 'insane' Sinner

ROME — Carlos Alcaraz won the Italian Open on Sunday after beating Jannik Sinner in straight sets but expects his rival to be "really dangerous" at Roland Garros as he steps up his return from a three-month doping ban.   Alcaraz fended off two set points late in the first set and then seized control in the tie-break before pulling away for a 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 win, his fourth in a row over world number one Sinner. The Spaniard snapped Sinner's 26-ma…

Carlos Alcaraz Keeps Smiling At Jannik Sinner's Expense

Carlos Alcaraz’s shotmaking style is of the gonzo variety: He’ll opt for the unlikely winner attempt whenever possible, even when safe options are available. As a consequence, Alcaraz at his best is among the most viscerally thrilling spectacles in sports. At his worst, he could play against a potted plant and enable convincing arguments that the plant has better court sense. Through six points of his first-set tiebreak with No. 1-ranked Jannik …

In pairs Carlos Alcaraz tells of his victories this season: 30 wins and only five defeats to raise up to three titles so far this year, with a fulgurant success in the tour of land, imposing in Monte Carlo and Rome. Some achievements that translate into economic prizes and, in turn, in an important sum in taxes.For winning the Masters 1,000 contested in the Italic Forum, where the Murcian knocked Jannik Sinner in the final (6(5)-7 and 1-6, the r…

Carlos Alcaraz became only the fourth tennis player in history to win all major tournaments on clay by winning the Masters 1000 in Rome. Before him, only Gustav Kuerten, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic managed to do so. After the match, he spoke with choice words about his opponent, emphasizing, among other things, that he had to play at his best to beat him. The Spaniard won 7:6, 6:1 against Jannik Sinner in the final.

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz topples world tennis number one in Rome thriller

The 21-year-old completed a clay court Masters sweep as Jannik Sinner faltered on home soil in first tournament back from his doping ban

Sinner satisfied despite defeat in Italian Open final

Italy's world number one Jannik Sinner said he was satisfied with his showing at the Italian Open, his first tournament after he served a three-month suspension for accidental doping, despite losing the final on Sunday to his Spanish rival Carlos Alcaraz 7... (ANSA)