By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Monday October 2, 2023
Episode 7 of the Sinner v Alcaraz rivalry – and episode 3 of 2023 – is about to happen on Tuesday in Beijing.
Sinner, who has been feeling below the climate this week in Beijing and who suffered throughout his quarterfinal victory over Grigor Dimitrov (6-4 3-6 6-2) on Monday night time, gained the final assembly with Alcaraz at Miami earlier this yr. The pair have cut up their six earlier conferences, and performed to a 1-1 ledger in 2023.
Sinner can rise to No.4 within the ATP rankings for the primary time if he defeats Alcaraz.
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Right here’s a glance again on the pair’s earlier six conferences.
1. 2021 ATP Masters 1000 Paris Exhausting R32 Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(1) 7-5
Alcaraz took the primary tour-level assembly between the pair, incomes 11 break factors and changing two to win in two hours and eight minutes.
2. 2022 Wimbledon Grass R16 Jannik Sinner 6-1 6-4 6-7(8) 6-3
Sinner opened eyes with a powerful four-set win over the Spaniard on Wimbledon’s Centre Court docket. The battle lasted 3:35 and Sinner saved all seven break factors he confronted within the contest.
3. 2022 Umag Clay F Jannik Sinner 6-7(5) 6-1 6-1
Sinner flipped the script on Alcaraz of their first ATP closing collectively, dropping simply two of the ultimate 14 video games to take a 2-1 lifetime edge in opposition to his Spanish rival.
4. 2022 US Open Exhausting QF Carlos Alcaraz 6-3 6-7(7) 6-7(0) 7-5 6-3
The match that piqued public curiosity within the Alcaraz – Sinner rivalry! The pair battled for 5 hours and quarter-hour and managed the most recent end in US Open historical past, which completed at 2:50 AM. Sinner held a match level at 5-4 within the fourth set, however couldn’t end off the eventual US Open champion.
“I nonetheless don’t understand how I did it,” stated Alcaraz after the match, which is probably the most compelling match within the rivalry by far and among the finest ATP matches to be performed throughout the final three seasons. “The extent that I performed, the extent of the match, the top quality of the tennis. It’s unbelievable, the match right this moment. Jannik Sinner is a good participant. As everyone may see, his degree is simply superb.”
5. 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells Exhausting SF Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(4) 6-3
The pair’s fifth assembly had some glorious moments of top of the range tennis, however Alcaraz took over the competition within the second set as he took his file to 3-2 in opposition to Sinner and reached his maiden Indian Wells closing.
6. 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Miami SF Sinner 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2.
It didn’t take lengthy for Sinner to reply again. On the very subsequent occasion the Italian rallied from a set all the way down to defeat Alcaraz as he reached the ultimate at Miami.
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