Brad Gilbert, Chris Evert, and Boris Becker all praised Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner’s performance in the China Open final. On Diamond Court, the two engaged in a gripping three-hour and twenty-four-minute match.
Sinner prevailed in a tiebreak in the opening set, but Alcaraz came back to win the second set 6-4 and send the match to a decider. It came down to a tiebreak in the final set, which featured some excellent tennis from both players. In the end, Alcaraz prevailed 7-3 to record a 6-7(6), 6-4, 7-6(3) victory and secure his fourth championship of the 2024 campaign, joining his victories at the French Open, Wimbledon, and BNP Paribas Open.
Evert, Gilbert, and Becker, among others, praised Alcaraz and Sinner for their performance in the China Open title match.
Evert said: “What a match. @janniksin @carlosalcaraz @TennisChannel.”
Becker praised the China Open final, saying that Sinner and Alcaraz gave it their all on the court.
He wrote: “Fantastic match between @sinner @alcaraz in Bejing! Both players leave everything on the court! @ChinaOpen @atptour.”
Gilbert stated his remarks and said: “After 20 years of amazing matches from the big 3 didn’t think it was possible this soon to have another amazing rivalry, Escape from Alcaraz vs Sin City is the gold standard in tennis. Here’s to the next 10 years of these 2 with tons of great matches, hopefully, Wada doesn’t mess it up.”
Carlos Alcaraz in 2024
Ranked world no.2, Carlos played his last match on the 2nd of October when he defeated world no.1 Jannik Sinner 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(3) in the final in Beijing to win his 17th career title.
Currently, during this year the Spaniard owns a compiled 48-9 win-loss record. Carlos has won 4 titles in 2024 in Indian Wells, French Open, Wimbledon and Beijing. Alcaraz got to the final in Paris.
Carlos Alcaraz will play the world no.357 Gabi Adrian Boitan in the . In the past, they have never competed against each other as of now in top events.
Carlos clinched 4 titles in 2024 in Indian Wells, French Open, Wimbledon and Beijing. Carlos was the finalist in Paris (Olympics).
Alcaraz won 17 titles in his career: 5 on hard courts, 8 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 3 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Paris (Rolex Paris Masters). The main draw will start on the 28th of October.
Jannik Sinner in 2024
Currently the world no.1, Jannik played his last match on the 2nd of October when he was overcome by world no.2 Carlos Alcaraz 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(3) in the final in Beijing (draw).
During this season the Italian owns a composed 59-6 win-loss record. Jannik conquered 6 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open, Rotterdam, Miami, Halle, Cincinnati and U.S. Open. The Italian got to the final in Beijing.
Jannik Sinner will square off with the world no.93 Taro Daniel in the 2nd round on Saturday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. Their head to head is 1-0 for Sinner.
Sinner clinched 6 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open, Rotterdam, Miami, Halle, Cincinnati and U.S. Open. Jannik was the finalist in Beijing (China Open).
Sinner won 17 titles in his career: 8 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts, 7 on indoor courts and 1 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play in Paris (Rolex Paris Masters). The main draw will start on the 28th of October.
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner faced off 11 times. The head to head is 7-4 for Alcaraz. Before, the last time they played, Carlos Alcaraz won 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(3) in the final in Beijing (China Open) on the 2nd of October 2024.
You can watch the highlights in the following video.
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