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Alcaraz on Sinner rivalry: ‘We push one another to the restrict’
Spaniard visits TODAY with fellow US Open champ Sabalenka
September 10, 2025
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Carlos Alcaraz celebrates his US Open title in entrance of the Manhattan skyline.
By ATP Workers
Carlos Alcaraz was using excessive Monday in New York.
The Spaniard, recent off claiming his sixth main trophy on the US Open, loved a rooftop photoshoot in entrance of the Manhattan skyline to have a good time his second triumph at Flushing Meadows.
The 22-year-old grew to become one in all solely three males within the Open Period to assert six Slam titles earlier than turning 23, becoming a member of Bjorn Borg and countryman Rafael Nadal. Alcaraz achieved the feat by defeating rival Jannik Sinner, in opposition to whom he owns a 10-5 Lexus ATP Head2Head benefit.
Followers dreamt of a closing between Alcaraz and Sinner inside Arthur Ashe Stadium and that’s what they received. This was the pair’s third consecutive main closing, after Alcaraz received Roland Garros and Sinner earned revenge at Wimbledon.
Carlos Alcaraz” type=”width:100%;” src=”https://www.atptour.com/-/media/photographs/information/2025/09/09/23/32/sabalenka-alcaraz-us-open-trophies-today.jpg”>Photograph Credit score: Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesAlcaraz was requested about his rivalry with Sinner on NBC’s TODAY present, which he visited with US Open girls’s singles champion Aryna Sabalenka.
“For me it’s nice,” stated Alcaraz, who defined how battling Sinner helps him enhance. “I believe we push one another to the restrict each time. My practices are simply centered to see how I could be higher simply to beat Jannik. So I believe the rivalry, it’s particular, splitting Grand Slams, combating for the good issues.”
Alcaraz additionally recaptured No. 1 within the PIF ATP Rankings from Sinner by beating the Italian on Sunday. The brand new World No. 1 owns a 61-6 file this season in keeping with the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index and can attempt to carry his momentum into the ultimate two months of the season.
A winner of seven titles this season, Alcaraz is in nice place to earn ATP Yr-Finish No. 1 offered by PIF honours for the second time (2022).
