Carlos Alcaraz triumphed with the title at the ATP 500 China Open
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) triumphed with the title at the ATP 500 China Open after a comeback against the world’s number one Jannik Sinner (Italy) and winning in three sets by 2-1 (6:7, 6:4, 7:6) in 3:24 hours. This is the first title for the Spanish tennis player in the tournament and an important step towards the world’s number one place in the ATP ranking.
Both players made six aces each, while Carlos Alcaraz was better in the first serve winning 73% of his first serve points. The Spanish tennis player scored more winners (55-31), but also committed more unforced errors (59-46). However, Carlos Alcaraz is in one of his best forms and played extremely good.
The second-seeded Spanish tennis player started perfectly the match and after a break in the fourth game took a lead of 4:1. At 5:3, he was serving for the set, but Jannik Sinner broke him and equalized the core to 5:5. At 6:5 in favor of Carlos Alcaraz, he had a break and set point, but his opponent saved it and turned the set into a tiebreak. The Spanish played received two set points in the tiebreak as well, but a streak of four points in a row brought success in the first set to Jannik Sinner.
The second set started equally with both players not allowing a single breakpoint until the 7th game, when Jannik Sinner gave to breakpoint to his opponent at 15-40, but later saved both of them and won the game. In the next game, Carlos Alcaraz lost a lead of 40-15 on his serve and needed to pass through 8 deuces and save two breakpoints to win the game and equalize to 4:4. The Spaniard received again two breakpoints at the service of his opponent in the ninth game and scored already to this to take a lead of 5:4 and serve for the set. Carlos Alcaraz did not miss the chance and closed the next game “on zero” to win the set at 6:4 and equalize the sets.
The third and decisive set again started strongly for the second-seeded Spanish tennis player, who broke in the beginning and took a lead of 3:1. The set was running perfectly for him, but Jannik Sinner rebreak to equalize to 4:4 and the set again entered in a tiebreak. The Italian player took a lead of 3-0 in the tiebreak, but Carlos Alcaraz responded with a series of 7 consecutive points to win the match.
This is the fourth title for Carlos Alcaraz this season after triumphing at Wimbledon and the French Open, as well as the ATP 1000 Indian Wells Open.
