Jannik Sinner has set a blockbuster-winner-Takes-All US Open-final at Carlos Alcaraz after a grim 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Felix Auger-Aliassy on Friday evening in Flushing Meadows, where he conquered his 300th Carrière matchwind.
Both World No. 1 in the PIF ATP ranking – which Sinner held 65 consecutive weeks – and the last title of the Grand Slam season 2025 will be at stake when the world’s top 2 players meet on Sunday from 2 p.m. Edt/8 p.m. It will be the first time in the open era that two players have disputed three major finals in the same season.
In a match even closer than the scoreboard suggested, Sinner had to dig deeper than at any stage of the tournament and nine of the 10 breaking points against the 25-year-old Canadian, who refused to be bullied from the defense half, in which the power of the Italian corresponds to a challenging and aggressive game plan, those 31 Netto.
August-Aliassim leveled the semi-final after dropping only one point on serve during an inspired second set, after which Sinner, who had previously shown signs of abdominal comport, left Arthur Ashe Stadium for treatment. Despite serving at a reduced speed in the third set, Sinner played some of his cleanest tennis in the game, making only four casual mistakes for the 10 of his opponent.
The freely swinging Auger-Aliassme took early in the fourth set from the basic line and was also successful at Het Net, earned five breaking points about the first two service games of the Italian service games after a series of entertaining rallies. But after Sinner survived a game of 11 minutes to hold 2-all-all, the 24-year-old claimed the decisive break in the next game and drove from a big match to the finish line with his temperament.
The final of Sunday between Sinner and Alcaraz will be a déjà vu moment for the 22-year-old Spaniard, who had to make in the US Open Decider of the US Open Decider by Casper Ruud, who brought Alcaraz his first big title and marked his debut as World No. 1.
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The final also provides a Grand SLAM -Hutout for the second consecutive season, with an eighth consecutive big title that is guaranteed to end in the hands of the Italian or Spaniard.
Sinner has established a fifth consecutive last meeting with Alcaraz in events in which they were both in the draw. Alcaraz won three of those finals (Rome, Roland Garros, Cincinnati, when the sinner retired); Sinner triumphed in the final of Wimbledon and denied the 22-year-old a third consecutive title on the Holy Gazons.
Alcaraz leads their Lexus ATP Head2head rivement with 9-5 and has won their last three meetings on hard courts.
The final will also have major implications in the fight to claim ATP at the end of the year 1 presented by Pif Honors. If Alcaraz wins the final and his current lead from 1890-point in the PIF ATP Live Race to Turin with another 700 points, Sinner would get a tough fight to end up back-to-back for years at number 1.
After reaching the American open semi-final for the second time, Auger-Aliassme
Did you know that?
- Sinner and Alcaraz will meet for the third consecutive Grand Slam final, in which the Italian winning Wimbledon and Alcaraz take the Roland Garros title after saving three championship points.
- Sinner is the fourth man in the Open Age to reach the final of all four Grand Slams in a season after Laver (1969), Federer (2006-07, 2009) and Djokovic (2015, 2021, 2023).
- Sinner wants to be the first ruling men’s champion to defend the US Open title since Federer won five consecutive titles from 2004-08.
- Sinner is the fourth man who reaches five consecutive Grand Slam finals in the open era after Federer (10 in 2005-07, 8 in 2008-10), Djokovic (6 in 2015-16, 5 in 2020-21) and Nadal (5 in 2011-12).
- He offers to become the second man in history who wins both the Australian Open and US Open in back-to-back years (Federer 2006-07).
- At the age of 24 and 22 days on Sunday, Sinner offers to become the youngest man in the open era to play in the final of all four Grand Slam tournaments in one season, which improved Federer (25Y 33D) in 2006.
- He is on a 27-match winning streak on hard courts on Grand Slam Level, with his last loss for Zverev in the US Open 4R.
- This year he is 26-1 in Grand Slams, with his only loss for Alcaraz in Roland Garros final after having held 3 championship points.
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