Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have risen to become the best players in the men’s circuit since the end of the Big 3 dominance on tour. Both have won the last seven Grand Slams on tour and either of them will leave New York with the US Open men’s singles title as they face each other in the final.
However, they stunned the tennis world at the French Open final in June, which lasted for five hours and 29 minutes. Sinner had won the first set after some lackluster display from Alcaraz. In the second round, the Spaniard showed an intent to fight, dragging the set to a tiebreak, but in the end lost it to the Italian star.
Sinner then let Alcaraz pick up the momentum in the third set, breaking the World No.1 in the tenth game to win the set. But in the fourth set, Sinner came alive again