Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz will face each other in the final of the 'Cincinnati Open' tomorrow and it will be a new chapter in their electrifying rivalry. The top two players in the world have built a very significant gap compared to all the other players and will certainly be the top favorites at the US Open, scheduled in New York from August 24 to September 7.
The Italian ace will have the chance to win his second title in a row in Ohio, where he triumphed in the last edition, and to improve his extraordinary numbers on this surface (the world number 1 has won the last 26 matches played on the hard courts and has won the last 21 sets). The 24-year-old from Sesto Pusteria has occupied the top position in the ATP rankings for over 60 weeks in a row and overturned the inertia of his rivalry with Carlitos thanks to his triumph at the Wimbledon Championships last month.
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The 22-year-old Spaniard - on the other hand - wants to lift his first trophy in this tournament after the defeat against Novak Djokovic in the final of the 2023 edition, in which he did not convert a match point. The world number 2 aims to end the season at the top of the ATP rankings and it would be important to triumph tomorrow, also to take revenge on his top rival after the defeat in four sets at the Championships.
Sinner and Alcaraz always rivals
If Jannik were to win his fifth Masters 1000, he would find himself at 11,830 points in the ATP ranking and Carlos would be at 9240 points. This would mean that the star from Murcia would have to win the US Open to dethrone his top rival and become world number 1 again.
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In the event of Alcaraz's win in Cincinnati, he would have the chance to return to the top of the ATP rankings by obtaining a result better or equal to Sinner in New York.
In any case, their duel for the top position will continue until the end of 2025 and will probably be decided during the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin.
