Sinner before the grand finale: “It will be a chess game”

Jannik Sinner feels comfortable at the clay court tournament in Umag on the Croatian Adriatic coast. The world number 10 still had to. from Sexten didn't give up a single sentence and fought their way to the final, where the duel of the future generation awaits on Sunday evening. In the final, the opponent is none other than Carlos Alcaraz (ATP 5), who, together with Sinner, is currently the biggest talent in the tennis circus. It's no wonder that many experts predict that these two players will compete more often in finals in the future. The two youngsters have just met. In the round of 20 at Wimbledon, Sinner impressively underlined with a spectacular four-set win that he wants to have a say in the fight for supremacy of the new generation. Now the XNUMX-year-old has to prove himself again, under completely different conditions. While Wimbledon was played on grass, the tournament in Umag will be played on clay - Alcaraz's favorite surface. The Spaniard won his first tournament on the ATP tour in Croatia a year ago. Alcaraz leads the balance sheet “The conditions are completely different than at Wimbledon,” said Sinner after his semi-final victory over Franco Agamenone on Saturday. “I still have to talk to Simone (Vagnozzi, the coach, editor's note) about what tactics I will use. Alcaraz will definitely come up with something, as will I. It will be a game of chess.” The two have an even balance on the ATP tour. While the Spaniard won the first meeting at the Masters tournament in Paris 2021 in two sets, Sinner, as already mentioned, triumphed in four sets at Wimbledon. However, Alcaraz won the 2019 Challenger tournament in Alicante and is therefore ahead, at least in the statistics. It is the first final of the year for the South Tyrolean. Can he celebrate a victory straight away? It starts at 20 p.m. On SportNews You are always up to date with a live ticker.

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Sinner before the grand finale: “It will be a chess game”

Jannik Sinner is in his first final this year. The man from Sexten will meet Carlos Alcaraz at the ATP 20 tournament in Umag (Croatia) on Sunday evening from 250 p.m. A final pairing that will likely occur more often in the future.

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