For the fourth time in three months, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz They will face a title when they face the Final of the Cincinnati Open.
This appellant in front of the front has already turned on this year in Rome, Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Ohio’s current champion, Sinner, has not yielded a single set in his eighth Final ATP Masters 1000 and arrives at the match with a streak of 26 consecutive victories on a hard track.
“It will be a very difficult game, but I hope that, in any case, it is a good game. Hopefully it is a very high level game. That is the important thing for us, the players, but also for those who are seeing us. We will see what holds us on Monday,” Sinner said after beating Terence Atman in the semifinals.
Alcaraz was not simple this masters. He held Andrey Rublev, in the quarterfinals, beat Alexander Zverev in the semifinals, now with his merit as seven times champion of the 1000 Masters will arrive very confident in search of his sixth Tour title in 2025.
“I’m excited. It’s going to be great. He won the last one, I won the first two finals, so I think it will be very interesting. It’s the first final [entre nosotros este año] On a hard track, so I am excited to accept this challenge. I know that Jannik, without a doubt, is the best player in the world on a hard track and probably on all surfaces right now, so it will be a great game and I have to be ready for it, ”said the Spanish.
After missing three points of Roland Garros championship In July for his fifth consecutive defeat against Alcaraz, Sinner strongly stopped the impulse of Spanish in his rivalry in Wimbledon in early July. The Italian won a four-set victory to seal his first title in the tournament and reduce his disadvantage against Alcaraz to 5-8.
For many, the rivalry between Sinner and Alcaraz is defined by the contrast between the consistent elite exhibitions of the first, with precise serves and clean background blows, and the genius of the second to chain unstoppable gusts in the most difficult moments. Fans will be anxious to see what kind of drama of this intriguing combination on Monday in Cincinnati.
“The ability not to have any weakness. It is crazy how it always plays at its best level. It seems that you have to win all the points in each game. It makes you suffer from the first point to the last ball. Its ability to be mentally present, point after point, without ups and downs in the game, makes it really special.”
