Jannik Sini stayed perfect at six majors, winning his second straight title at the Lucrative Exhibition event in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by beating Carlos Alcaraz 6-2, 6-4 on Sunday night.
Sinner trails the overall head-to-head series 10-5, but the Italian, 24, has now beaten the 22-year-old Spaniard in straight sets in the six-man tournament.
“It’s good to have rivals – we have a lot of responsibility,” the sinner assured. “But we also have a special friendship. It’s always good to share the court with Carlos…
“It’s good to have great rivals and the most important – a great friendship on the court. We have a very special, special, and very good friendship.”
It is true, friendship is set aside in court – and the sinner did not show us the last ceremony of Sunday. The all-time Grand Slam broke Alcaraz in the first game of the match and never looked back. He won more than 80 percent of his service points and did not face a single break point.
Alcaraz agrees: “He played well today,” assessed Alcaraz. “He didn’t let me get a good rhythm. He was improving the serve a lot, and I couldn’t feel it. There were no break points today, which I’m used to (when he’s really working [well]very difficult to play. I didn’t find a solution today, so I think you should. “
The winner now heads straight to Vienna with the Erstere bank open. World No. 2 A strong field that also includes Alexander Zverev, Alex de Minaur, Lorenzo Musetti, Daniil RubleVEV, and Alexander Bublik.
Alcaraz is off until the paris masters, followed by the nitto atp fan in Turin.
