Carlos Alcaraz survives Jannik Sinner 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(3) in the final in Beijing on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. The epic lasted 3 hours and 21 minutes. This is the first time that the Spaniard conquered this tournament. His best achievement in this event so far was reaching the semifinal. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Carlos added $ 322,410 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 695,750 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Jannik Sinner China Open – Beijing
Alcaraz’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:21
At the end of the match, Carlos scored 132 points vs. the Italian’s 120.
Alcaraz
Carlos won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 20% (3/15) of the procured opportunities.
Sinner
On the other side, Jannik was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 2/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Alcaraz and Sinner is 7-4 for Carlos.
This was the 17th career title for Carlos. (see list of titles and finals). The Italian remains with 17th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The Italian won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Sinner broke back in the 9th (4-5) game to win the set 7-6.
The Italian was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, the Spaniard was spot on in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40).
They played 95 points. It’s worth to point out that, The Italian won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Carlos (47-48). The Italian lost 25 points on serve (36-25). on the other side of the court, Alcaraz conceded 11 points on serve (23-11).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Carlos grabbed in the 9th game (5-4) just before finally winning the set (6-4).
Jannik was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-4 to 6-4.
Carlos converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Jannik was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 40-A and 40-A).
They played 73 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Italian (39-34). Carlos surrendered 15 points on serve (29-15). In addition, on the other side, Sinner conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
The Spaniard won the set after he broke Sinner in the 3rd (2-1) game. The Italian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. However, Carlos stayed solid to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 3.
Tiebreak
The Spaniard won 5 minibreaks in the 4th (1-3), 5th (2-3), 8th (5-3), 9th (6-3) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, the Italian won 2 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0) and 3rd (3-0) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3
Alcaraz converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Sinner converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 84 points. Carlos conquered the set after winning 8 more points than the Italian (46-38). The Spaniard lost 13 points on serve (24-13). In addition, on the other side, Jannik conceded 22 points on serve (25-22).
