Will Alcaraz be able to prevent the world number one from winning the title, frustrating the hopes of the Italian duo of Sinner and Paolini at the top of the tournament in Rome? Seeing that the Italian female player Paulini won the championship one step ahead of Sinner, the topic generated by public opinion was extremely hot. Finally Alcaraz told everyone that he had done it!
For this 12th season of "Xinca" showdown, the situation is also extremely complicated when the outside world predicts the outcome of this key battle before the game.
Bookmakers are more optimistic about the world No. 1, offering 1.67 to 1 and 2.2 to 1 for Sinner and Alcaraz, respectively, while tennis insiders are more optimistic about Alcaraz, especially Agassi, who believes that Sinner is almost invincible on hard courts, but when it comes to any slippery surface, he is definitely the Spaniard's strength, describing Alcaraz as "like a spaceship against a normal plane, where strength, balance and agility are always on the line". To put it bluntly, this is the core advantage of the Spaniards over the Italians.
At that time, Agassi's words also aroused questions from some fans and netizens in the outside world, and their reason was that Sinner's performance in the promotion process from his comeback to the final was super good, coupled with the absolute home advantage, "How can Acre be Sinner's opponent!" ”
It makes sense that Agassi can become a tennis legend, and the American legend has a good eye for people, and Alcaraz does have something that Sinner can't do on clay.
The first set of the match was the absolute cream of the match, with both sides playing with a suffocating tension.
Both of them stepped on the accelerator directly from the beginning, and neither of them let the opponent become the party that took the initiative, and directly pushed this set into the tie-break.
In the tie-break, Alcaraz's advantage on clay, as Agassi said, was indeed better than Sinner, holding the lead all the way. Although the Spaniard missed the first set point under Sinner's stubborn resistance, he finally managed to cash in on the second set point forced at a crucial moment.
Although Alcaraz took the first set first, considering that he won the first set, everyone was still worried that Sinner, who came back from the second set, would inevitably put more pressure on the Spaniards, and it was not known whether he would be able to resist the pressure when the home crowd was frantically cheering for Sinner.
I thought that the tension and excitement of the second set would not be inferior to the first, but I don't know if the first set to tie-break exhausted all the energy of Sinner, and after the Italian won a game, there was nothing to do with him later.
Alcaraz quickly took over the match, turned the second set into an individual exhibition match, pinned Sinner to the ground with a "spaceship" force, and ended the fight with a churros to lift the Rome Masters trophy.
Sinner's defeat also dashed the hopes of the Italian public that he and Paolini would be photographed together at the Glory Pole in Rome. Alcaraz, who managed to prevent both Italian giants from winning the title, ended Sinner's 26-game winning streak across the season, and also set another remarkable personal record: becoming only the fifth male player in tennis to win all three clay Masters tournaments in Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome.
Before Alcaraz, only Nadal, Djokovic, Kurten and Ríos had done it. Now that the Spaniard has become the fifth person, he is on a par with the four tennis legends, which is very unpopular.
"I'm proud of how focused I am in the game. Tactically, I played well from the first point to the last. I haven't had any fluctuations in form and I've maintained a good level throughout the game, so I'm very proud of what I did today. Alcaraz couldn't hide his joy after the game to win the first final in Rome, and bluntly said that his high concentration and dedication to the game were the keys to his last laugh. At the same time, the Spaniard also stressed that he was happy with Sinner's return, especially after returning to peak performance, which has to be praised.
Sinner failed to win the title and became an absolute hero in the eyes of the Italian public like Bolini, but he was also pleased with his comeback from Rome.
"Coming here three months later, achieving this result means a lot to me and a lot to my team. We've put a lot of effort into that. In Rome, Italy, it's a very, very special thing. The audience picked me up like a child. The support is amazing. It's been a great week for me. Sinner admitted afterwards that he didn't expect much from his first tournament since returning from Rome from a suspension, and that the runner-up finish was a big surprise for him. However, Sinner also emphasised another point, as he found that there are other areas where he could do better against Alcaraz, and will be making a change of focus to prepare for the French Open.
In addition, the victory over Sinner in Roma also returned Alcaraz to second in the world rankings this week, which also means that the battle between him and Sinner has resumed. Some people bluntly said that after the end of this season, who of the two can have the last laugh in the competition for the world No. 1 is very exciting!(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)