The Spaniard suffers a little, but he wins 6-4 6-4 in less than two hours the Japanese 500 and launches a strong message to Sinner
And there are eight in this 2025. Tokyo Carlos Alcaraz does not dominate in Tokyo Carlos (except in the quarterfinals against Nakashima) during the 500 tournament, he grants something on the route but in the end the title is his: defeated in the final a toylor Fritz car with the result of 6-4 6-4 in an hour and 33 minutes of play. He has been the sixth tennis player since 2000 to conquer at least eight trophies in one season: like him the Fab Four (Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray) and Jannik Sinner. And precisely with the blue the challenge (at a distance) for the top of the ranking continues. With the victory in Japan the Spaniard stretches. Now it will be up to Sinner, tomorrow at 8, respond and reduce the gap, to try to return number one at the end of the year.
The match
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The Laver Cup, where the last precedent between the two was played, does not make text. In San Francisco the best Fritz had taken the field, while Alcaraz came from the labors of the US Open: the American, number 5 in the world, had granted and saved only two break balls throughout the match. Tokyo change the balance. Alcaraz, as always, risks and grants, but the same does his opponent. On the 2-2 Fritz, clinging to the first (he will close the set with 68%), he is forced to reassemble from 0-40 and also in the next game to the service cancels another break ball. Alcaraz, however, knows that he cannot waste the opportunities offered more: tearing the joke on 4-4 and comfortably closes the first part in 48 minutes. In the second set, however, there is no game. Fritz calls the physiotherapist for a problem in the left thigh, but the treatment and subsequent bandage are not enough. He struggles to move and the number one takes advantage of it immediately: break at the opening of the set. The second break in number one arrives on 3-1. It may seem like a sentence in a match not played on an equal footing, however, despite the injury, here is the pride of Fritz’s pride. It recovers one of the two disadvantage breaks with a large reverse long line and tears the service to an Alcaraz who was serving for the match. It is only, however, to postpone the inevitable: Carlos thus obtains victory number 67 in this 2025, the title number 24 and for the first time the Tokyo trophy is put on the bulletin board.