Keystone SDA | Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024
Carlos Alcaraz is happy about his 24th tournament victory, his fourth this year
Quelle: KEYSTONE/EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES
Carlos Alcaraz is the winner of the ATP 500 tournament in Beijing. The Spaniard also retains the upper hand in the final against world number one Jannik Sinner in the third duel this year.
In a high-class battle of attrition lasting almost three and a half hours, Alcaraz prevailed against Sinner 6:7 (6:8), 6:4, 7:6 (7:3) and thus celebrated his fourth tournament victory this year.
From his point of view, Sinner was only two points away from repeating his victory from the previous year when the score was 5:4 in the deciding set. The Italian has shown his best tennis in recent weeks, although there has once again been a lot of fuss about him after the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA appealed against the acquittal in the doping scandal surrounding the US Open and Australian Open -winner had put in.
Alcaraz, who had already won the Grand Slam tournaments in Roland Garros and Wimbledon this season, will move up to second place in the world rankings at the expense of Alexander Zverev as a result of the tournament victory. Sinner, who is now 4:6 behind in the direct duels with Alcaraz, remains the undisputed world number 1.
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