The so-called Big Two of the racket, formed by Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, has gradually been transformed into a Big One during this season. In just two months of competition, Alcaraz has taken a significant lead over his great rival. The consistency and confidence that used to characterize the Italian is now reflected in the Spaniard, who on Friday defeated Andrey Rublev in the semifinals of the Qatar Open 7-6(3), 6-4 in a match that lasted two hours and two minutes.
The statistics speak for themselves: the Spaniard has been present in 12 finals of the last 13 tournaments he has played. The only exception was his defeat in the second round of the Paris Masters against Cameron Norrie.
Carlos Alcaraz pulls away from Jannik Sinner
Alcaraz Rublev fifth time in his careerSamuel Lopez
‘s pupil translate into a 2,980-point advantage over
SinnerCarlosQatar Golden Falcon
Most of the tournaments are in rapid, we had to adapt and train more in those conditions.
It is true that all my life I have played on clay and I had hardly ever played on hard courts. Seeing what the circuit is like, that most of the tournaments are on hard courts, including the most important ones, we had to adapt and train more in those conditions.
AlcarazJack Draper
at
Indian Wells 2025
Goodbye to the South American clay court tour
Alcaraz
and his team decided to leave behind the South American clay tour to focus on the hard courts between January and April, just before the European tour
This plan will be maintained in the future, especially from 2028, when the tenth Masters 1000 in Saudi Arabia will be incorporated in February. This tournament will be the third ATP circuit tournament in the Persian Gulf, along with the 500 tournaments in
Doha
and Dubai.
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