Carlos Alcaraz photographed the year End. Alcaraz improved to 3-0 in the group Jimmy Connors by watering Musetti in one hour and 23 minutes.
Going into Turin, the Spaniard needs three wins at any point in the event to secure the top spot regardless of Jannik’s disappointing results. Sin was supposed to be an invisible champion – just like he was a year ago – while watching his main rivals without two games.
As it turned out, Alcaraz dispelled any doubt as quickly as possible. The 22-year-old tumbled through his round-robin group while losing just one win, as he made his debut with a straight-set win over Alex de Minaur and a loss to Taylor Fritz.
Alcaraz is assured: “End-End. 1 is always the goal. “At the beginning of the year, I saw No. 1 Really, really [with] Jannik wins almost every tournament he plays. But from the middle of the season ’till now, I [gave myself] Goal No. 1 because I thought it was there. I had the opportunity to play great tennis in many tournaments in a row to put it with the opportunity to approach Jannik 1.
“After that in the last three, four meetings of the year, [I was] Fighting toe to toe with Jannik in this place and I finally got it. To me, it means everything. “
The three-time Grand Slam champion, who was once again No. 1 in 2022, will face either Alexander Zenver or Felix auger-AliaSSime in the semifinals on Saturday. Sinner, who has earned a top spot in Bjorn Borg’s team, will go up against De Minaur.
De Minaur needed to win in straight sets on Thursday to give himself a chance to advance, and that’s exactly what the Aussie did—Fritz 7-6 (3), 6-3.
