Yesterday Sinner’s light did not come on, Alcaraz covered the field very well: for him it is the victory of maturity
From our correspondent
NEW YORK – The true president of the United States, while Donald Trump is whistled as per prediction, is a Spanish immigrant. He arrived from Murcia with a suitcase full of magic and the squaderna under the closed roof of the last Slam, who suddenly became indoor for two excellent reasons (rain and closed it is easier to protect The Donald), on the Sunday in which Sinner He leaves the first service in the hotel (48%), succumbing to the variety of archbishops.
Carlos Alcaraz22 years old and six Slam titles, in New York takes everything: Open USA, the second of a career that in 2022 took off from this field, e First position in the ranking for 760 points, torn from Jannik after 65 consecutive weeks. The blue, which had undergone four breaks in six games, in the final loses the service five times, Carlitos proves to be shiny and sharp as against Djokovic, little smoke and very roasted: he has only one moment of absence that costs him the break in the fourth game of the second and, with it, the partial. But even when the final returns to a tie, and Sinner regains a little nail polish after a first set decidedly out of focus – break built cold at the first game, a straight of which he can never be completely trusted (28 free of charge in total) and a fugitive response -, is always his nemesis that ride the energy of an electrical environment and keep in hand the control of the exchanges.
The applause of Springsteen and Curry, but Jannik effort
Sinner-Alcaraz, 46 years old, is already El Clasico of tennis, as Iberian newspapers hold. And America replies, sending its shining VIPs among the tangentials of Queens in advance. Above all, Stephen Curry and Bruce Springsteen applaud, however they have fun the match does not release the sparks of Paristhose five sets grown in intensity on an increasingly hot land, nor the Wimbledon pathos, the place of strawberries where the grass transforms tennis into literature: it is a final never really in the balance because Sinner’s real light does not turn on and Alcaraz, in comparison, appears – at times – dazzling. Unlike the blue, Harry Potter is supported by an inscalling service (83% of points on the first, 10 ace), does not escape the exchange with Jannik giving the match the semblance of the video game and after the second set it does not let other cracks emerge on the surface that Sinner can transform into chasm. Closes the gates, covers the network. It is dazzling. It presents itself to the Sunday orgy of flowing food with a very sweet pastry cabaret, until Sinner’s blood sugar is going crazy. The fourth set is also decided by two breaks that originate from other (unusual) Sinnerian errors: the straight in the corridor of the 2-0 for Alcaraz was followed by a ball launched in the air, the insideout one in the corridor (4-0) by the racped racket on the ground-not with malice-and resumed on the fly. Jannik avoids 6-0 (6-1) but does not have the strength to overturn his destiny.
It finds it in the fourth, on 5-3, to erase the first two matches points of an unstoppable opponent, in full competitive trance. The 3-2 break materialized, confirming the day no to the joke (the whole tournament settled on not excelled percentages), with a double foul by Jannik. After 2h42 ‘it is a winning service of Alcaraz to close the fifth seasonal challenge (Spain-Italy 4-1) but, probably, not the last of 2025. The pink panther embraces the Italian boy at the net who is pushing him to hit records never written, then climbs into the grandstand for the party with the clan: if the first time in New York he had caught by surprise too, the Open USA is the victory of maturity (at 22. Years …), a set sold throughout the tournament, Sinner defeated on two different surfaces, but the superiority of Jannik and Carlitos is now such as to cancel the technical specifications of this sport.
Sinner: “I want to become a more unpredictable player” “
At each Slam this beautiful rivalry feeds on new pages and words. “I gave my best, I couldn’t do more,” Sinner admits in the award ceremony from which Trump exempt himself, entrusted to the icy Ivan Lendl. Analyze the defeat in a lucid way: «I was too conservative, I must get out of my comfort area And to vary or experience more, I want to become a better and more unpredictable player. Alcaraz deserved: he managed the situation better than me, he raised the level when needed. I am proud of my seasonbut today he played better than me. I did not serve the best and when you need less than 50% of the first you always have pressure, especially against players like Carlos or Novak who respond very well ». Alcaraz Trotterella via taking the cup under the arm as if it were the ball after a poker of goals. “Jannik, I see you more than my family!” laughs. It looks like a child. Because in the end, this is a game.
