In a dramatic exhibition of tennis mastery, Carlos Alcaraz crushed Jannik Sinner in a fierce final match, ending the ardent home crowd’s hopes and proclaiming his victorious return to the sport’s highest level. At the ancient Foro Italico, the Spanish star won his first title in just one hour and forty-three minutes.
Sinner’s incredible winning streak comes to an end with this victory, which also confirms Alcaraz’s place among the top tennis players. With 30 straight victories including titles in the ATP Finals, the Australian Open, the Davis Cup, and Shanghai, the Italian dynamo had been on a wild rampage.
Often hailed as the heir apparent to the storied Nadal-Federer matches, the Alcaraz-Sinner rivalry currently has Alcaraz ahead 6-4. In an interesting turn of events, it should be noted that Sinner had lost to Alcaraz in the Beijing ATP 500 final prior to this match, with the Spaniard winning after a close three-set match.
Sinner threatened to surpass Guillermo Vilas’s record of 46 straight victories, the longest winning run in tennis history, if Alcaraz hadn’t stepped in. He was on the verge of reaching an incredible 48-match streak.
To put things in context, Nadal’s most remarkable winning run ran from the Hamburg Masters to the Cincinnati Masters in 2008, with 32 straight wins before Djokovic ended the run in the quarterfinals.
