World No. 3 Spanish rising star Carlos Alcaraz won the singles title at the men's professional tennis (ATP) tour's 2025 BNL Italy International (€8,055,385). On the 18th (local time), Alcaraz defeated Yidali's world No. 1 brother Yannick Sinner 2-0 (7-6< 7-5, >6-1) in the singles final on the last day of the tournament in Rome, Italy.
Alcaraz won his second singles title of the year in the Masters 1000 Series since Monte Carlo in April
Alcaraz has won his second singles title of the year in the Masters 1000 Series since Monte Carlo in April. The Masters 1000 Series is the next level of the 4 major tournaments and is held nine times a year. The men's singles championship prize money is 985,300 euros.
Alcaraz recently won four straight matches against Sinner, who has been hailed as the "new standard-bearer" of men's tennis, leading the overall head-to-head record with a 7-4 record.
In addition, the French Open, the second Grand Slam tournament of the season, will open on the 25th, and Alcaraz's prospects of winning two consecutive men's singles titles are widely optimistic. It is worth mentioning that in the 1000 Series Masters, Alcaraz became the fifth player to dominate all three singles tournaments at the Monte Carlo Masters, the Madrid Open and the BNL Italian International.
Alcaraz made headlines on the ATP's official website, and the picture shows a screenshot of the homepage of the official website on May 19, 2025
Instead, Sinner ended a three-month ban for testing positive for doping and made a comeback through the tournament, but ultimately missed out on lifting the trophy at home and halted his recent 26-game winning streak. Sinner's most recent defeat was also when he was beaten by Alcaraz in the China Open final last October.
Alcaraz said after the game: "In today's game, both mentally and physically, I showed good content from start to finish and I'm very proud of myself. Also happy for Sinner to be back in excellent form. ”
Alcaraz led 19-7 in offensive scoring for the day, with Sinner usually making more mistakes on his backhand as his main weapon. On the day, the two players made 31 to 30 turnovers, with Alcaraz having one more, but 15 of Sinner's 30 errors were due to backhand shots, which were half. With the victory on the day, Alcaraz will move up one place in the world rankings on the 19th to second place.