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SINNER repairs his compass and find Alcaraz in Rome

The Italian will measure Spanish in the final of Sunday

May 16, 2025

There are already 26 consecutive victories of Jannik Sinner in the ATP Tour. But the Italian had never been as close as this Friday of the defeat in this period of the undefeated, the greatest of his career. After winning only 14 points of 40 in the first manga, the Italian managed to overcome Tommy Paul and to overcome him 1-6, 6-0, 6-3 in the second semifinal of the internal internali bnl d’Italia.

The American silenced the Italic forum by staying with the first set in just 28 minutes and without facing Break Points. Sinner did not lose a manga since Holger Rune beat in the round of 16 of the Australian Open last January. And he did not give an initial partial having won a game or less since his defeat against Felix August Aliassime 6-1, 6-2 in Madrid 2022.

The score surprised even more considering that the local tennis player came from beating Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals. However, No. 1 of the PIF ATP Rankings began to find itself since it broke Paul for the first time in the second game of the second set, in which he would only end up losing 12 of 39 points.

The decisive was much more even. Sinner went from being 3-0 with an advantage of a break to see how Paul took to match the manga 3-3. A new rupture in the sixth game brought him closer to his 26th consecutive victory, a streak that began after losing for the last time last September against Carlos Alcaraz in the final of the ATP 500 of Beijing.

“I tried to stand mentally,” Sinner said. “Today the conditions were different. It was much colder and weighed more. It cost me a little and he broke the serve immediately. I tried to stand firm, thinking about what could work better. Winning the only game of the first set was very important. The tennis can change quickly … today I showed that every moment is crucial and I am very happy for it and very happy to be in the final.”

Shortly after an hour and a half of play, Sinner gets its classification No. 25 to a final of ATP Tour (19-5 record in these instances), and second on clay. The first one won three years ago in Umag (v. A Alcaraz).

In addition, he is now the first Italian of this century in the final of this event, and on Sunday he will seek to be the first local champion from Adriano Panatta in 1976. Yes, to do so he must beat his last executioner, Alcaraz. The Spanish leads 6-4 Lexus ATP Headtohead between them, and has prevailed in the last three duels between them.

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“We already know each other quite well,” Sinner said about Alcaraz. “It is always special to share the court with him. I feel that we both know how to play a little against each other, so we have to be tactically prepared. Of course there will be small changes. But it is a great test to see where I am.”

Sunday will be played, perhaps, the most anticipated final by the world of tennis. No. 1 and No. 3 of the world faced by their first title in Rome.

“If I want to win on Sunday, I certainly need to play my best tennis,” Sinner added. “Carlos played an incredible tennis today, so we will see what is coming. For my part, it is incredible to be in the final.”