Carlos Alcaraz is the ruler of men's tennis, but Jannik Sinner rules in Riyadh! The Italian defended the Six Kings Slam over his greatest rival, scoring a dominant 6-2, 6-4 victory in 73minutes to clinch his second straight Six Kings Slam crown.
Thus, Jannik will take home a beautiful trophy and $6 million, the largest prize money in the tennis world. World no. 2 fully recovered from his Shanghai Masters setback.
He bested Stefanos Tsitsipas, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz in Riyadh en route to the trophy, returning to the winning way ahead of Vienna, Paris and Turin.
Jannik dominated in his games and dropped less than ten points, keeping world no. 1 away from break chances. Alcaraz failed to match that pace. The Spaniard lost over 40% of the points behind the initial shot.
He suffered three breaks from ten chances presented to his opponent to finish as therunner-up like a year ago. The Italian took charge right from the start and claimed the opening set 6-2 in 27 minutes with breaks in games one and five.
The defending champion served well in the second set and made a push on the return in games fiveand seven. Carlos saved five break points in the fifth game to remain on the positive side.
However, he struggled again two games later, losing serve and sending his greatest rival closer to the top. Jannik provided fine holds in games eight and ten, sealing the deal and celebrating a notable victory.
