There can hardly be a more suitable way to complete the Grand Slam season 2025 than a US Open Showdown between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.
The big rivals, who have lifted the last seven major titles between them, will donate history in New York when they become the first players in the open era that disputes three Grand Slam title matches in the same season. But unlike their championship matches in Roland Garros and Wimbledon, there will be a double prize on the line when Sinner and Alcaraz meet each other on Sunday from 2 p.m. Edt/8 p.m. Cest in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The one who won the title in New York will at the same time ensure that they are number 1 in the PIF ATP ranking on Monday. Sinner has held first place for 65 consecutive weeks, while Alcaraz wants to return to a position he last held in September 2023.
The winner of the Sunday-Alles winner can also be crucial in the Battle for ATP end of the year 1 presented by Pif Honors. Alcaraz leads Sinner with 1,890 points in the PIF ATP Live Race to Turin, but the Italian can close that gorge to 1,190 points with the New York title. Both players have already qualified for the seasonal Nitto ATP final.
The rivalry of Sinner and Alcaraz has developed into one of the most moving in modern sport, and it was in New York three years ago when it first arrived in public consciousness. Alcaraz saved a match point in an epic five-set quarter-final victory on the way to the US OpenTitel 2022.
Each struggle on the field between the two has since been preceded by intense hype and anticipation, and both players have regularly responded by producing scintilling performance. But before this year in Roland Garros, Sinner and Alcaraz had not met in a Grand Slam final. While the duo is preparing for his third consecutive title match at a major, that gap in their rivalry now seems a distant memory.
“I love these challenges. I love to put myself in these positions,” Sinner said on Friday when he was asked for his thoughts about having Alcaraz again as his last opponent. “He is someone who has pushed me to the limit, which is great, because then you have the best feedback that you can have as a player. We have now had a lot of confronted each other, so things are getting a little different.
“Always when we get to court, we are aware of perhaps more things, because he or me, we try to prepare the match tactically and in different ways … It’s great for the sport that has rivalry, hopefully have great competitions for us. And then we will see. I am someone who loves these challenges, and I like to post myself in these functions and see.”
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Alcaraz voert de finale van zondag in met een 9-5 voorsprong in zijn Lexus ATP Head2head-serie met Sinner, en hun New York-showdown zal de vijfde ontmoeting zijn tussen het paar in 2025. Al die zijn finale geweest, met Alcaraz Triumphing in Rome, bij Roland Garros (na terug te komen van twee sets naar beneden en in Cincinnati (waar sinner Retired Rower Retired ROWER (Where Savanded Doan To Disner Rower Retired Rower Retired Rateed (Where Savanded Due to Due Rower Rower Retired ROWER ROWER ROWER ROWER Rate Rate in Wimbledon.
‘I always take things [from] The previous matches. When I play against Jannik, I will of course take things about the last games I played against him, “Alcaraz said after his semi -final victory against Novak Djokovic in New York. “De laatste of de laatste drie wedstrijden ga er nota van nemen, en ik zal zien wat ik verkeerd heb gedaan, wat ik geweldig deed in de wedstrijden, wat ik heb gedaan in de wedstrijden, wat ik heb gedaan in de wedstrijden, wat ik heb gedaan in de wedstrijden, wat ik heb gedaan in de wedstrijden, wat ik heb gedaan in de matches, wat ik heb gedaan in de wedstrijden, wat ik heb gedaan in de wedstrijden, wat ik heb gedaan in de wedstrijden, wat ik heb gedaan in de wedstrijden, wat I did in the matches, what I did in the competitions, to approach the final in a good way. ”
Both Sinner and Alcaraz have been in an imperious form at Flushing Meadows for fourteen days. Top Seed Sinner, who is on a 27-match winning streak at Hard-Court Majors, only dropped two sets over his six games, while Second Seed Alcaraz did not drop a set and was clinical in seeing record 24-way Major Titlist Djokovic in the last four. Even after all their successes so far, both players have often spoken about their constant desire to continue to develop.
“I think he has improved a lot physically, and that was clearly not a secret,” said Alcaraz van Sinner, who took a medical time-out for a stomach problem during his semi-final victory against Felix Auger-Aliaden, but later it explained “nothing to worry about.” “He spoke about the physical circumstances he has to improve, and I think he has been physically improved for the past two years.
“His competitions really demand physically that he is able to play with his 100 percent for two, three, four hours, and I think that is the biggest improvement he has made in recent years.”
Men to win 3 large singles titles in one season (Open Era)
| Player | Year won 3 Majors |
Rod Laver | 1969 (all 4 won) |
Jimmy Connors | 1974 |
Mats Wilander | 1988 |
Roger Federer | 2004, 2006-07 |
Rafael Nadal | 2010 |
Novak Djokovic | 2011, 2015, 2021, 2023 |
Jannik Sinner? | 2025? (Would win 3 with US Open Triumph) |
Sinner, a ruthlessly clean baseline ball-striker, will gladly fall early in the final of Sunday. After beating Auger-Aliassime, the Italian specifically mentioned the ministry of Alcaraz when he was asked about the strengths of his rival. The Spaniard has so far only lost two service games in his six games in New York, and he has generally only confronted nine breakpoints.
“He has improved a lot,” said Sinner of Alcaraz, who is 54-6 for the season according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index. “I feel that he serves much better with the better pace, but the percentage is very high all the time. A lot of solid, for example, because there may be more ups and downs before there were now. Now it is very consistent.
“If you look at all the tournaments, he goes very, very far. So many, many improvements. But I always say that when you’re young, you know, for a year or two years, they make a big difference.”
Although it seems hardly credible that the 24-year-old sinner (an owner of four large titles) and the 22-year-old Alcaraz (five large titles) can improve a lot at the mesmeric level that they have repeatedly demonstrated, fans are always used to witnessing the unexpected of both stars. Sunday afternoon in the 23,000-capacity Arthur Ashe Stadium is the perfect setting for a new exciting episode of a rivalry that continues to give.
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