Champion in Cincinnati, Alcaraz will fight directly with the sinner for the first time to see who is 1 in the world in the world
THE US Open 2025 the rivalry between Jannik Sinner AND Carlos Alcaraz From this Sunday. After challenging two finals in a row Grand SlamItalian and Spanish will fight for the first time directly at the top of the New York ranking, with the possibility, of course, another decision of the title.
Dominating in the ranking since last year, Sinner is the current champion of the United States and is pressed in the last Grand Slam of the season. A first autumn would have demolished the Italian of the top. Among the numerous possible scenarios, the leader of the ranking will keep the place to defend the title of last year. Alcaraz currently occupies the second position.
The pressure on the sinner is also bigger because it does not arrive in a very beautiful moment of the season. After being champion in Wimbledon, at about Alcaraz, the Italian distinguished himself in the Masters 1000 of Cincinnati, but abandoned the decision against the Spaniard because of a malaise. He had a fever the night before the final.
The problem of health also brought him from the renewed mixed couples of the United States, transferred to the week of qualifications in the middle of last week. Sinner said it wasn’t 100%. Even if you are taking back the debut without worrying about Open, you could be influenced by the fact that you are absent from the formation for a row.
The upper part of the ranking is a new dispute for the two tennis that have dominated the circuit in the last two seasons. They won all the titles of the Grand Slam played since January 2024 and nine of the last 12. The struggle for post number 1 started to draw in May, when Alcaraz appeared again in second place.
With the titles of Roland Garros, Queen’s and Cincinnati, the Spaniard has reduced the advantage of the Italian and left the dispute open, feeding the new great rivalry of the circuit. Some already call this “era sincaraz”, in a union between their surname.
“I think the rivalry between them is incredible. What they have done in the last two years is extraordinary,” said Novak Djokovic, who has been beaten by the duo in these two seasons. “In particular, this year, the finals we saw in Roland Garros, Wimbledon and some other tournaments are simply surprising for our sport.”
Fight for the top also in the female
The number 1 position of the world in the women’s list can also change at the end of this US Open. Despite having shown the good advantage of 3,292 points compared to number two in the world, Belarina Aryna Sabalenka risks being dethroned after almost a year in the WTA ranking.
To support the tip, the current sample must at least reach the quarter -finals. If it is eliminated previously, it can be crashed by the Polish SWIATEK Polish, number 2, and by the American Coco Gauff, third place in the ranking. Both also raised the American Grand Slam trophy.
And, both from experience and for performance in recent months, the trio emerges as a strong candidate for the title of this year. Of the three, the tennis player who lives the best moment is Swiatk, Wimbledon and Cincinnati champion, without losing a set.
Fonseca and Bia Haddad seek reaction
The only Brazilians in the simple keys of the US Open reach the large tournament in similar times. Both João Fonseca and Beatriz Haddad Maia come from unexpected defeats to less qualified opponents. In his first year playing the main tournaments of the season, João Fonseca will make his main key debut in New York.
“US Open is a very special Grand Slam for me, very happy to be back. It is a blow that, the first time I played, I lost in the first round, but in the second, both in his youth, I was champion. Last year I played here as a professional and now I am in the main key, very happy to be here,” says Fonseca.
He will describe against Serbian Momir Kecmanovic on Monday around 13:30 (Brasilia). “I think it will be a good game. I trained with him, but it will be the first time that I will play against him. He is a good player, who can win by anyone. So I have to go mentally and physically ready to leave with everything.”
In a year of premiere, the Brazilian shone in Australia Open by performing the qualifications and victory, in his first key game of the Grand Slam, Russian Andrey Rublev, then nine from the world. In Roland Garros and Wimbledon, he showed the same campaign: he went to the third round.
But recent results, in the preparation tournaments for the US Open, have not gone in the same way. In the Masters of Toronto, the current 44 ° in the world was eliminated by debut from the Australian Tristan Schoolkate, then the 103rd in the world. In Cincinnati, he had the abandonment of the Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina to reach the third round, when he fell into the surprising French Terence Atmane, 136th in the ranking and stopped only in the semifinal.
Bia Haddad, in turn, faces us as his last great possibility of rehabilitating in the year. In an irregular season, with 10 wins and 23 losses, the Brazilian has been oscillating in the field, between mental hesitation and excessive errors, despite all his technical potential.
In recent weeks, there have been four consecutive stumbles, three of which are previewed in Montreal, Cincinnati and Monterrey. The other defeat took place in the second round of Wimbledon. Bia has not won two in a row since the end of June.
In US Open, it will be able to resume the rhythm of the victories. His debut will be against British Sonay Kall, 51st in the world, Tuesday. If you confirm favoritism, you could face the second round of French Lois Boisson, 46th in the world, which was the feeling of Roland Garros, stopping only in the semifinal. Another opposite potential is Switzerland Vikorija Golubic (77th in the world). Bia is the current number 20 in the world, but should start the United States at the 22nd.
Source: Terra
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