Sunday's final will define whether Sinner matches the five Grand Slam trophies that Alcaraz possesses or if the Spanish takes a distance from six to four.
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In its third consecutive Grand Slam final, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner struggle on Sunday for much more than the title of the US Open: The world number one and the leadership of the great rivalry of tennis will also be at stake.
Spanish and Italian have dominated with iron fist a Grand Slass season that will conclude the Sunday in New York in front of Donald Trump's gaze.
The Republican will be the first American president in exercise in a Flushing Meadows final, from Bill Clinton, who witnessed in 2000 the victory of Venus Williams over Lindsay Davenport in a duel of local figures.
Alcaraz and Sinner, 22 and 24 years old, have not left a single Grand Slam title to their rivals in 2024 and 2025establishing such an authoritarian regime, at least in its beginnings, such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
The duopoly has some domain brands already superior to 'Big 3'. Since the beginning of the open era (1968), two players had never faced in three Grand Slam finals of the same season.
In his particular career, Sunday's final will define whether Sinner matches the five Grand Slam trophies that Alcaraz has or if the Spanish takes a distance from six to four.
Both are still far from the “ Big 3 'showcases, all of them in the twenty of large trophies, but there is no player who for now challenges his progress, not even the legend Novak Djokovic and his incessant effort to enlarge the record of 24 crowns.
Encounters in late and restaurants
On Sunday, Sinner can culminate one of the best seasons in history.
The Italian is the fourth tennis player, and the youngest, to reach the four Grand Slam finals in the same course.
He did not lower the rhythm or after the suspension for three months he turned between February and May for his double positive in anti -doping controls last year.
Winner of the Australian Open against Alexander Zverev, in June he had three championship balls to succeed for the first time in Roland Garros but Alcaraz raised a memorable final.
In July the rematch was taken in the Wimbledon final and now it is Alcaraz who wants to give the last blow of the year and also snatch the leadership of the ATP that Sinner assumed in June 2024.
“For sport it is great to have rivalries,” said number 1.
“Alcaraz is someone who pushed me to the limit,” Sinner said about his nemesis, whose roads have crossed even in an Italian restaurant in New York during this tournament.
“It was a coincidence,” said the Murcia. “It would not be uncommon for us to have dinner together, probably one day. But this time it was just a coincidence.”
SINNER VS. Alcaraz: time and where to see the US Open 2025 final
- Date: September 7, 2025
- Time: 1:00 pm, time in Colombia
- Estadio: Arthur Ashe Stadium
- Transmission: ESPN and Disney+
“Too good”
Of opponent characters and styles, the passionate Alcaraz and the hermetic Sinner have maintained a good relationship outside the courts throughout their rivalry, whose founding moment also occurred in New York in the quarterfinals of 2022.
Still promises at that time, both fought a brilliant and vertiginous pulse of five hours and 15 minutes that concluded with the triumph of Alcaraz near three in the morning.
Four days later, the Spanish, with 19 years, was consecrated for the first time as champion of Grand Slam and also as the youngest number one in history.
This year he has climbed one more step in his game and, without losing the brave and creative side of his tennis, he looks a consistency with which he adds eight followed tournaments reaching the final.
In New York, a set has not been left, a deed that no finalist achieved from Roger Federer ten years ago, while Sinner has gone through some turbulence, but without putting risk his amazing streak of 26 wins in a row in Grand Slam of fast tracks.
“They are too good,” said Djokovic, eliminated in semifinals by Alcaraz.
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