The Spaniard regulates the German in two sets, conditioned by a malaise. The title with Jannik will be played for the fourth large tournament in a row
“I’m ready for the challenge.” The words of Carlos Alcaraz towards Jannik Sinner, in view of an appointment now fixed between them when the same tournament play almost like a threat: the final. On Monday in the ATP 1000 in Cincinnati they will compete for the title for the fourth time within three months. Since Jannik returned from the suspension, in all the tournaments to which both participated the outcome was the same: to find themselves in the final act against each other. It was like this in Rome, Paris and London.
big numbers
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In this 2025 we are 2-1 in the Head to Head for Carlitos, but Sinner wants to equalize the accounts. It will be their fourteenth challenge, the seventh on concrete: we are 8-5 for the Iberian in total, 5-2 for Alcaraz on the hard. The Italian and the Spaniard are the fifth couple since 1990 to challenge each other on three different surfaces, the last ones that had succeeded had been Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in 2015. Not just any two.
Alcaraz-Zverev 6-4 6-3
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Alcaraz reached Sinner in the final by beating an Alexander Zverev who tried to keep up with the number two of the world, but the German was certainly not in the maximum form, hit by a malaise already in the quarterfinals in the challenge (although clearly won) against Shelton. Sasha was in pieces, perhaps debilitated by the heat or more (there was also talk of back and the diabetes of which he suffers) but he also had no longer any. The Spaniard won 6-4 6-3 but immediately after the start of the second set Zverev remained on the field only for presence, as far as he tried the same. Too bad, because the second semifinal had all the requirements to be a beautiful game.
the trend of the match
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The two gave them of good reason in the first set. The first break balls had Zverev in the fourth game, wasted (some not very well), while Alcaraz, his, in the seventh game, did not waste them at all. So much was enough for the Spaniard to take home the first set, with a not very high level but still excellent, worthy at times of a challenge between number 2 and number 3 in the world. The Spaniard suffered Breakkato at the beginning of the second, but Sasha did not give himself up and immediately torn the service in Alcaraz. The challenge continued until 3-3, when the German has in fact raised white flag, exhausted. After the challenge, Carlos wishes Sasha, saying he is sorry for his malaise, and then he went to train. Still, on the field. Just like Jannik often does. The new challenge has already started.
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