Alcaraz Gets US Open Revenge Over Sinner To Notch Up Number Six

Tennis fans watching on at the US Open this year have been given an absolute treat of some of the very best that the sport has to offer and rather predictable fashion given the form that Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have been in this year, the duo again contested yet another showpiece final, with the 22 year old Spanish World ranked Number 1 taking his sixth Grand Slam title in four sets to regain the US Open title at the iconic Flushing Meadows. 

Having started the brighter and performed far more strongly, having weathered a second set fightback from the 24 year old Italian, Alcaraz went on to secure the title with a 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4 victory in New York. Whilst the match arguably did not have the same drama and quality of their earlier French Open and Wimbledon final battles from earlier in the year, it was an engaging and entertaining contest that would have again left fans very happy with what was served up to them. For those directly at the final themselves, they would have felt like they had just won the jackpot at a Betpanda crypto casino as Alcaraz was utterly on fire and barely put a single foot wrong across the entire contest.   

In picking up his sixth title, and reasserting himself at the top of the ranking charts after Sinner's run of 65 weeks in first spot, it now makes Alcaraz the second youngest man behind only Bjorn Borg to reach this tally and this victory also means that there is an even split between himself and Sinner when it comes to the four majors kin 2025. Alcaraz even had the opportunity to joke 'I see you more than my family' in his after game victory interview when addressing Sinner given their utter dominance in recent final clashes.

The simple fact that Alcaraz is now only an Australian Open away from completing a career Grand Slam and given that he is not even 23 years old yet, it stands as a remarkable achievement from an incredibly dedicated and talented racket swinger. Indeed, few would bet against him and Sinner once again meeting again in the Melbourne showpiece, and Sinner goes into it as the defending champion.

Given that Alcaraz is still developing, improving and maturing in the game, particularly when it comes to his shot decisions and the choices that he is making, means that the future could be even more incredible, as Sinner himself continues to have room for improvement as well and you would be a fool to think he will also not become a better player over the course of the next few years. It is quite clear that right now there is no third challenger to break up the duo's current run of domination - Alexander Zverev seems to lack the belief, and Taylor Fritz has not yet developed the necessary tools for the majors - and whilst we continue to await the emergence of one, the only real question left given their respective ages is which player will ultimately improve the most and go on to edge the win charts when fans are reflecting on their successes in around about a decade or so's time.

For now though, it was Sinner in Melbourne, Alcaraz in Paris, Sinner in London and Alcaraz in New York. What will the next one read?