Carlos Alcaraz won the Italian Open on Sunday after defeating his Jannik Sinner 7-6 rival (7/5), 6-1 in the final and a warning shot for Roland Garros. Alcaraz, who will climb the world’s number two behind Sinner on Monday, won his third title of the season, finally dominating the sinner and silenced the more than 10,000 fans wrapped in the centered court stands. The Spaniard won the victory during his fourth final of the season and sent a message to the rest of the male tour for the French Open, where he will defend the title once next weekend. “Beat Jannik and win in Rome, I think the two mixed things give you great confidence in Paris,” said Alcaraz.
“I will enjoy this moment with my family, with my team, my friends who came from my home. And a few days of rest just to realize what I accomplished, it’s also important. And then I focus on Roland Garros.”
The sinner at the top of the world ranking, but his 26 -game victories sequence was completed by Alcaraz, also the man who had been beating him in the China Open final last year.
Alcaraz is the only man to beat the sinner during a final of the tour since the beginning of 2024, when his Italian rival began his ascent at the top of male tennis and the three Titles du Grand Colam.
The 22 -year -old had an extremely impressive swing of the clay court this season, even with the thigh injury which cost him the chance to compete in the Madrid Open.
Alcaraz won his second Masters 1000 title of the year in Rome to accompany his victory to Monte Carlo last month. He also reached the Barcelona final.
Finishing finist is still an extremely positive result for the sinner during his first tournament since his three -month ban for having tested positive twice in March of last year for traces of Clostebol, contamination by the accepted doping authorities was accidental.
The sinner left two sets to slide in match 12 of the first set and it was the turn of the match, with Alcaraz rushing to the first three points of the equality break before going ahead in the match.
Alcaraz then crossed the gears to win the first five games in the second set while he was heading for a first crown in Rome.
The encouraging return of Sinner, however, sets up the possibility of another final confrontation with Alcaraz in Roland Garros, with the two young stars of male tennis which should be the two best seeds in Paris.
Sinner declared on the court that Alcaraz would be “the man to beat” in Paris, then thanked his brother Mark joking to “preferring to go to Imola to watch the Grand Prix of Formula one instead of being here”.
The 23 -year -old had become the first Italian to win at Foro Italico since Adriano Panatta in 1976, but he failed to make it a triumph of triumphs for home players in the Italian capital.
Earlier, Jasmine Paolini became the first woman since Monica Seles in 1990 to win the titles of Rome in single and double when she and Sara Errani defeated Veronika Kudermeto and Elise Mertens 6-4, 7-5.
Paolini obtained this victory of victories a day after overcoming the former champion of the United States Coco Gauff in two sets and becoming the first Italian woman to win the title of Rome in Simple since Raffaella Reggi in 1985.
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