Well, not much for me to say here apart from: Congrats to all Alca fans out there! He almost did 40-15, but eventually won.
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US Open Final: (2) Alcaraz def. (1) Sinner 6-2 3-6 6-1 6-4
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Extremely happy for Carlito! Sinner was not fit enough, mentally not ready as well. The world number one- Carlos Alcaraz! Finally can say those words again! Vamos! Meanwhile:
Honestly an abysmal serving performance from Sinner and looked completely flat outside of the 2nd set. 48% and genuinely has not been good the entire tournament except a few good sets. He needs to fix it ASAP or he will struggle to defend Shanghai and Turin.
Congratulations to Alcaraz and his fans for a brilliant slam run. And congrats on getting the top ranking back.
I guess this is needed to motivate Sinner to new heights/wins in the future.
Congratulations to Alcaraz and his fans for a brilliant slam run. And congrats on getting the top ranking back.
I guess this is needed to motivate Sinner to new heights/wins in the future.
Congrats to Alcaraz on winning his 2nd USO title and reclaiming the #1 ranking. He is the 2nd youngest man in the Open Era after Borg to win 6 GS titles. Another mostly very high quality final from these two, who are head and shoulders above the rest of the field. However, Alcaraz was the better player for almost the entire match, putting in arguably the best performance of his life on a hard court, and Sinner wasn't able to bring his absolute best level this time.
The entire match was played under the roof. A long opening service game from Sinner, lasting around 6 minutes, Sinner making a slow start against a very dialled-in Alcaraz and ultimately going down an early break. Strategy-wise right from the beginning, Alcaraz was varying pace and spin on groundstrokes on both wings, slicing his BH around 20% of the time in that 1st set, absolutely firing on his FH (one FH winner in the opening game of the match was over 100 mph) but also using shape on the FH to give himself extra time in defence and to disrupt Sinner’s rhythm. There were occasional dropshots from Alcaraz (at a guess, around 3 or 4 each set, but it looked to me as if Sinner got up to most of them). Alcaraz continuing to serve very well, as he has done all tournament, both with pace and placement, quite a bit of success with body serves. Some net approaches from both – I haven’t seen the analysis but it looked as if Alcaraz did more serve volleying and Sinner approached the net more in return games after pushing Alcaraz deep. A lovely half volley from Alcaraz mid-way through the first set bringing out his smile and then a 2nd break in the first set for Alcaraz. A few little stumbles from Sinner - one in a return game early in the first set and again when Alcaraz served for the first set- and he was maybe sweating a little more than usual, but no obvious signs of any ab problem. More errors from Sinner than from Alcaraz, probably forced more than unforced, but a couple of poor shots he’ll regret, including one very poor lob in a return game, and a few poor 2nd serve returns by his standards.
First DF from Sinner in his opening service game in the 2nd set. At this point, Sinner was only winning about 36% of his 2nd serve points, compared to 86% from Alcaraz, so probably going for too much on his 2nd serve to compensate. Sinner faced a BP in this game, but came through it, a gamble on a strong 2nd serve paying off. Then Sinner managed to turn things around by breaking Alcaraz in the 4th game of the 2nd set – a couple of errors from Alcaraz (an UE on an easy FH in the first shot, a rally ball going long), but brilliant play from Sinner (a very good point at the net followed by a big fist pump from him, and then a superb passing shot to break to love). For the rest of the 2nd set, Alcaraz served well but wasn’t able to make much of an impact in return games to reclaim the break. Sinner came out on top of most of the longer rallies, targeting the Alcaraz BH and then drawing errors from the FH. Alcaraz started showing a little frustration. A graphic showed that Sinner was hitting to the BH side 51% in that set, the remainder roughly equally in the middle of the court and to the FH. Late in the 2nd set, another graphic showed Sinner had turned around the 2nd serve battle, winning 67% of 2nd serve points compared to 43% for Alcaraz. Superb point from both when Sinner served for the set, a 2nd serve from Sinner at 15-15, quality hitting from the baseline, a FH drop shot from Alcaraz, burst of speed from Sinner to get up to it, pushed Alcaraz wide into the deuce court then finished with a BH volley.
The 3rd set ended up being very one-sided. Alcaraz was put under pressure in his opening service game. A big ‘vamos’ from him when he won a point at 30-30. Alcaraz ended up with the early break in the next game. Alcaraz staved off some more pressure to consolidate the break – another big smile from him after he won a point with a sliced bounce smash from the baseline. Alcaraz definitely in control and looking more confident again, blasting a cross-court FH winner in the next game to bring up 3 BPs to go up 4-0 - one of the commentators said he was on average putting about 5mph more on his FH in this set compared to the 2nd. At the same time, Sinner’s level dropped off - he looked like he was either fading or possibly tanking a little at this stage – he gave up the break on a 2nd serve rally with an UE on the FH which went wide. 11 winners to 2 UE from Alcaraz in that set, compared to 1 winner and 5 UE from Sinner in that set. I think the final count was something like 40 winners from Alcaraz to 20 from Sinner.
Another big battle in the opening game of the 4th set on Sinner’s serve, multiple deuces, Sinner saving BPs, both playing at a high level again. Some incredible pace from both off the baseline, some jaw-dropping stuff with some of the points looking like something out of a video game. Alcaraz broke in the 5th game, another UE from Sinner off the FH on a 2nd serve rally facing BP. Sinner kept fighting, took him to deuce when Alcaraz was serving for the match and saved the first 2 championship points, but overall wasn’t able to find his A game when he needed it.
The entire match was played under the roof. A long opening service game from Sinner, lasting around 6 minutes, Sinner making a slow start against a very dialled-in Alcaraz and ultimately going down an early break. Strategy-wise right from the beginning, Alcaraz was varying pace and spin on groundstrokes on both wings, slicing his BH around 20% of the time in that 1st set, absolutely firing on his FH (one FH winner in the opening game of the match was over 100 mph) but also using shape on the FH to give himself extra time in defence and to disrupt Sinner’s rhythm. There were occasional dropshots from Alcaraz (at a guess, around 3 or 4 each set, but it looked to me as if Sinner got up to most of them). Alcaraz continuing to serve very well, as he has done all tournament, both with pace and placement, quite a bit of success with body serves. Some net approaches from both – I haven’t seen the analysis but it looked as if Alcaraz did more serve volleying and Sinner approached the net more in return games after pushing Alcaraz deep. A lovely half volley from Alcaraz mid-way through the first set bringing out his smile and then a 2nd break in the first set for Alcaraz. A few little stumbles from Sinner - one in a return game early in the first set and again when Alcaraz served for the first set- and he was maybe sweating a little more than usual, but no obvious signs of any ab problem. More errors from Sinner than from Alcaraz, probably forced more than unforced, but a couple of poor shots he’ll regret, including one very poor lob in a return game, and a few poor 2nd serve returns by his standards.
First DF from Sinner in his opening service game in the 2nd set. At this point, Sinner was only winning about 36% of his 2nd serve points, compared to 86% from Alcaraz, so probably going for too much on his 2nd serve to compensate. Sinner faced a BP in this game, but came through it, a gamble on a strong 2nd serve paying off. Then Sinner managed to turn things around by breaking Alcaraz in the 4th game of the 2nd set – a couple of errors from Alcaraz (an UE on an easy FH in the first shot, a rally ball going long), but brilliant play from Sinner (a very good point at the net followed by a big fist pump from him, and then a superb passing shot to break to love). For the rest of the 2nd set, Alcaraz served well but wasn’t able to make much of an impact in return games to reclaim the break. Sinner came out on top of most of the longer rallies, targeting the Alcaraz BH and then drawing errors from the FH. Alcaraz started showing a little frustration. A graphic showed that Sinner was hitting to the BH side 51% in that set, the remainder roughly equally in the middle of the court and to the FH. Late in the 2nd set, another graphic showed Sinner had turned around the 2nd serve battle, winning 67% of 2nd serve points compared to 43% for Alcaraz. Superb point from both when Sinner served for the set, a 2nd serve from Sinner at 15-15, quality hitting from the baseline, a FH drop shot from Alcaraz, burst of speed from Sinner to get up to it, pushed Alcaraz wide into the deuce court then finished with a BH volley.
The 3rd set ended up being very one-sided. Alcaraz was put under pressure in his opening service game. A big ‘vamos’ from him when he won a point at 30-30. Alcaraz ended up with the early break in the next game. Alcaraz staved off some more pressure to consolidate the break – another big smile from him after he won a point with a sliced bounce smash from the baseline. Alcaraz definitely in control and looking more confident again, blasting a cross-court FH winner in the next game to bring up 3 BPs to go up 4-0 - one of the commentators said he was on average putting about 5mph more on his FH in this set compared to the 2nd. At the same time, Sinner’s level dropped off - he looked like he was either fading or possibly tanking a little at this stage – he gave up the break on a 2nd serve rally with an UE on the FH which went wide. 11 winners to 2 UE from Alcaraz in that set, compared to 1 winner and 5 UE from Sinner in that set. I think the final count was something like 40 winners from Alcaraz to 20 from Sinner.
Another big battle in the opening game of the 4th set on Sinner’s serve, multiple deuces, Sinner saving BPs, both playing at a high level again. Some incredible pace from both off the baseline, some jaw-dropping stuff with some of the points looking like something out of a video game. Alcaraz broke in the 5th game, another UE from Sinner off the FH on a 2nd serve rally facing BP. Sinner kept fighting, took him to deuce when Alcaraz was serving for the match and saved the first 2 championship points, but overall wasn’t able to find his A game when he needed it.
Set 1
1-0 alcarz. sinner looks tentative. alcaraz outplaying him on the baseline. breaks.
2-0 alcaraz. easy hold
2-1 alcaraz. Alcaraz is superior at the baseline. his forehand is crushing Sinner. Alcaraz misses a crucial forehand
3-1 Alcaraz. Alcaraz is nicely mixing in S&V. Sinner misses a close one. Macenroe's commentary is awful.
3-2 alcaraz. Alcaraz hits a beauty for 30-0. Sinner smashes a forehand to fight back.
5-2 alcaraz. Alcaraz double break. looks in control of the first set
6-2 Alcaraz. Alcaraz big serve, forehand combo is dominating. Sinner completely dominated so far.
alcaraz 9/10- sinner 6/10
set 2
1-0 sinner. Sinner starts with big serves and attacking Alcaraz's backhand. Alcaraz is taking time away from sinner, forcing uncharacteristic errors. he double faults for 30-30. Alcaraz gets a break point. sinner saves break point, sinner fights back to save it and win the game
1-1. Alcaraz holds to love. his second serve holds are currently at 86%! can he keep playing at this level? shades of nadal RG 2008.
2-1 Sinner. Alcaraz is just much better at the baseline. without a high % first serve, i cant see sinner winning. Sinner suddenly finds his first serve and a big forehand. wins the game easily.
3-1 sinner. Sinner fightback! alcaraz form slightly dips and sinner takes advatage. triple break point! BROKEN!
4-1 sinner. sinner's serve is starting to make its presence felt.
5-2 sinner. Alcaraz berating himself. bad omen.
5-3 sinner. Alcaraz hits 131mph serve and sinner tried attacking it, awesome. alcaraz serve looking good though. Sinner making it hard for alcaraz, 40-30. what a turn around from the first set. alcaraz holds
6-3 sinner Sinner big game to win the set. Forehand strong!
alcaraz 8/10 - sinner 9/10
set 3
4-0 alcaraz. alcaraz opens rushes to a 4-0 start with a double break. he looks to be running away with the set.
5-0 Alcaraz. Alcaraz forehand is HUGE. Sinner completely pinned down by it. This set has been a domination so far.
5-1 alcaraz. Sinner with a relatively easy hold. huge serving.
6-1 alcaraz. Alcaraz looks unplayable right now.
alcaraz 10/10- sinner 5/10
set 4.
1-0 Sinner. alcaraz is making sinners's service game difficult. Sinner not doing himself any favours by missing the first serve. Alcaraz gets a break point.... ominous. do or die time for sinner.... Sinner hits a monster first serve.... clutch, but can he close it out and weather the alcaraz storm? SINNER HUGE first serve gets AD. Alcaraz dropper is masterful, deuce. double fault sinner! break point.... this break could end it all... Sinner with a legendary stretch to save break point! deuce. misses first serve.... but HUGE second serve, AD sinner. missed first serve, alcaraz pounces! the first serve % is sinner's biggest issue. deuce. HUGE first serve, AD again. missed first serve again....but alcaraz miss and sinner saves the game. HUGE!
1-1. Alcaraz playing out of his mind right now.
2-1 sinner. Sinner's first serve % is the biggest takeaway so far, it makes his service games so much harder than they need to be. he manged to hold on though.
2-2. Alcaraz's variety really has sinner unsure. starts with S&V. 131 mph first serves sure help though. holds.
3-2 alcaraz. sinner needs a higher first serve %.... and a double fault gives a break point. huge moment...2nd serve and a long forehand cost him a break. is this it?
4-2 alcaraz. Sinner must break back for any hope of survival but alcaraz hitting first serves. too strong. finishes with an ace. that first serve % has been the difference tonight.
4-3 alcaraz. relatively easy hold. looks like carlitos wants to serve it out. looking that way. sinner needs an extra level for any hope.
5-3 alcaraz easy hold.
5-4 alcaraz. Sinner manages to hold serve. this is it. Sinner either finds another level or alcaraz bottles it, otherwise alcaraz is the worthy champ.
6-4 alcaraz. alcaraz looks nervous but goes to a 30-0 lead. looking over now. Alcaraz hit a 134mph serve that sinner smashed back. it doesnt matter, its double match point....sinner saves 1 MP...AND A 2ND! what a return! deuce! but alcaraz has a 3rd MP! and what a way to win, ACE!
alcaraz 9/10- sinner 7/10
alcaraz worthy winner.
1-0 alcarz. sinner looks tentative. alcaraz outplaying him on the baseline. breaks.
2-0 alcaraz. easy hold
2-1 alcaraz. Alcaraz is superior at the baseline. his forehand is crushing Sinner. Alcaraz misses a crucial forehand
3-1 Alcaraz. Alcaraz is nicely mixing in S&V. Sinner misses a close one. Macenroe's commentary is awful.
3-2 alcaraz. Alcaraz hits a beauty for 30-0. Sinner smashes a forehand to fight back.
5-2 alcaraz. Alcaraz double break. looks in control of the first set
6-2 Alcaraz. Alcaraz big serve, forehand combo is dominating. Sinner completely dominated so far.
alcaraz 9/10- sinner 6/10
set 2
1-0 sinner. Sinner starts with big serves and attacking Alcaraz's backhand. Alcaraz is taking time away from sinner, forcing uncharacteristic errors. he double faults for 30-30. Alcaraz gets a break point. sinner saves break point, sinner fights back to save it and win the game
1-1. Alcaraz holds to love. his second serve holds are currently at 86%! can he keep playing at this level? shades of nadal RG 2008.
2-1 Sinner. Alcaraz is just much better at the baseline. without a high % first serve, i cant see sinner winning. Sinner suddenly finds his first serve and a big forehand. wins the game easily.
3-1 sinner. Sinner fightback! alcaraz form slightly dips and sinner takes advatage. triple break point! BROKEN!
4-1 sinner. sinner's serve is starting to make its presence felt.
5-2 sinner. Alcaraz berating himself. bad omen.
5-3 sinner. Alcaraz hits 131mph serve and sinner tried attacking it, awesome. alcaraz serve looking good though. Sinner making it hard for alcaraz, 40-30. what a turn around from the first set. alcaraz holds
6-3 sinner Sinner big game to win the set. Forehand strong!
alcaraz 8/10 - sinner 9/10
set 3
4-0 alcaraz. alcaraz opens rushes to a 4-0 start with a double break. he looks to be running away with the set.
5-0 Alcaraz. Alcaraz forehand is HUGE. Sinner completely pinned down by it. This set has been a domination so far.
5-1 alcaraz. Sinner with a relatively easy hold. huge serving.
6-1 alcaraz. Alcaraz looks unplayable right now.
alcaraz 10/10- sinner 5/10
set 4.
1-0 Sinner. alcaraz is making sinners's service game difficult. Sinner not doing himself any favours by missing the first serve. Alcaraz gets a break point.... ominous. do or die time for sinner.... Sinner hits a monster first serve.... clutch, but can he close it out and weather the alcaraz storm? SINNER HUGE first serve gets AD. Alcaraz dropper is masterful, deuce. double fault sinner! break point.... this break could end it all... Sinner with a legendary stretch to save break point! deuce. misses first serve.... but HUGE second serve, AD sinner. missed first serve, alcaraz pounces! the first serve % is sinner's biggest issue. deuce. HUGE first serve, AD again. missed first serve again....but alcaraz miss and sinner saves the game. HUGE!
1-1. Alcaraz playing out of his mind right now.
2-1 sinner. Sinner's first serve % is the biggest takeaway so far, it makes his service games so much harder than they need to be. he manged to hold on though.
2-2. Alcaraz's variety really has sinner unsure. starts with S&V. 131 mph first serves sure help though. holds.
3-2 alcaraz. sinner needs a higher first serve %.... and a double fault gives a break point. huge moment...2nd serve and a long forehand cost him a break. is this it?
4-2 alcaraz. Sinner must break back for any hope of survival but alcaraz hitting first serves. too strong. finishes with an ace. that first serve % has been the difference tonight.
4-3 alcaraz. relatively easy hold. looks like carlitos wants to serve it out. looking that way. sinner needs an extra level for any hope.
5-3 alcaraz easy hold.
5-4 alcaraz. Sinner manages to hold serve. this is it. Sinner either finds another level or alcaraz bottles it, otherwise alcaraz is the worthy champ.
6-4 alcaraz. alcaraz looks nervous but goes to a 30-0 lead. looking over now. Alcaraz hit a 134mph serve that sinner smashed back. it doesnt matter, its double match point....sinner saves 1 MP...AND A 2ND! what a return! deuce! but alcaraz has a 3rd MP! and what a way to win, ACE!
alcaraz 9/10- sinner 7/10
alcaraz worthy winner.
Dominant tournament from Carlos to disprove his HC critics after a failure in the spring HC swing.
Sinner was a level (or two) below his Wimbledon best.
Curious to see if Carlos can transition this form to indoor HC as well.
Sinner was a level (or two) below his Wimbledon best.
Curious to see if Carlos can transition this form to indoor HC as well.
Alcaraz is unplayable when he plays like this, no matter if Sinner was good or bad or average. You can laugh, but today Alcaraz reminded me of those prime boxers like Ali or Tyson - once they pinned down their opponent from the start, they never let go, all while dancing around them. A 61–6 season and 2 Slams are worthy of world number 1. Huge congratulations, an absolutely unbelievable, phenomenal player.
2 Wimbledons, 2 RGs, and 2 USOs at 22 years old. Unreal and special player. Congrats on returning back to the #1 ranking Carlos
You might be right but your record on predictions is no better than Alcaraz on HCs in the first half of this year.
Congrats Alcaraz. Sinner better than Murray? Good player but be serious please. He wouldn't be able to defeat Djokovic in prime for prime USO final.
Only the 3rd man in history to win multiple majors on all 3 surfaces after Djokovic and Nadal, I think.
6th major at 22 years of age. Congratulations young man.
6th major at 22 years of age. Congratulations young man.
Well-deserved win. A fantastic tournament from Carlos. Back at #1 and deservedly so.
Sinner looked off the whole match, set 2 aside. At the end, he looked like someone who knew he didn't have a chance today. Whether injury, fitness or mental, I don't know. One thing is for sure, he won't get back to #1 serving at these %s.
I've always been a Sinner fan, but I've never doubted that Carlos is undoubtedly the more talented player. His ceiling is absurd. Now that he seems to have found consistency, it's a frightening prospect
Sinner looked off the whole match, set 2 aside. At the end, he looked like someone who knew he didn't have a chance today. Whether injury, fitness or mental, I don't know. One thing is for sure, he won't get back to #1 serving at these %s.
I've always been a Sinner fan, but I've never doubted that Carlos is undoubtedly the more talented player. His ceiling is absurd. Now that he seems to have found consistency, it's a frightening prospect
Carlos of course found a way to make it more dramatic, but got it done with an ace at the end. Bamos.
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