At the fifth season final, the third of Slam, that between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz has become an eternal challenge. In Flushing Meadows the two return to play a goal that is worth double, because those who win the US Open take (or preserved) the primacy in the world ranking. And they do so in front of the eyes of an exceptional spectator, the American president Donald Trump, expected (but confirmed by the organizers) to follow the all -European final live: an unusual fact for the presidents in office, the last in fact to participate in the house tournament was Bill Clinton who in 2000 had witnessed the victory of Venus Williams in the women’s final.
And Alcaraz started immediately with the break at the first game. Blue too foul in this first set and so the Spaniard places the second break and goes 5-2. Then at Zero he holds the service closes the first set (6-2) in 37 ‘. But in the second set, Sinner’s reaction is. That at the fourth game tears the service in Alcaraz and goes on 5-2. The Spaniard is reported 5-3, but the blue leaves no room for replicas and closes the second partial (6-3). It is equality, we start again.
Start of the third set in the name of the Iberian. Sinner commits a sensational mistake in his joke and Alcaraz game places the break: we are 3-0. And continues to press on the accelerator. Another break: 4-0 and then 5-0! Nothing to do for the blue, Alcaraz wins 6-1 and takes 2-1 to the sets. Leaving uphill in the fourth set: Sinner has to face two break balls at the opening but fortunately he succeeds. 1-0 for the blue.