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.