Not even Alcaraz, his lifelong friend and rival, was able to stop Yannick’s run. 7-6, 6-3 is the score with which the blue beat him on the red clay of the Principality. Sinner has been showing signs of being unbeatable for around two months, regardless of opponents and surfaces. Monte Carlo is in fact the fourth Masters 1000 tournament won in a row. And with this victory the overtaking in the ATP ranking materializes, again to the detriment of Alcaraz, the only real rival for the top.
«It’s another incredible result», commented the most famous red in Italy at the end of the race, «Returning number 1 is important for me, but the ranking is secondary. I’m happy to have finally won an important tournament on clay.”. Yes, because this is not Yannik’s favorite surface, just think of the crushing defeat at Roland Garros last year (beaten by Alcaraz, It goes without saying), and this must worry his opponents a lot, because on grass and synthetic he is difficult to overcome.
Today, in the final with his friend Carlos, Sinner was certainly superior in mental toughness, he was always “on the ball”, unlike Alcaraz, who perhaps has a greater variety of shots but every now and then enters phases of discouragement or lack of concentration from which he struggles to emerge.
Certainly the two, Yannik and Carlos, push each other to give their best when they face each other and their matches are a concentration of technique, athletic strength and mental resistance to be admired. Even more admirable, theirs is a friendship so strong that it resists rivalry. Chapeau.
