Alcaraz expects Sinner to come back stronger after US Open loss

World fig 1 Carlos Alcaraz said Wednesday that helium volition person to hole for a caller and improved Jannik Sinner aft beating his large rival successful the US Open final.

Italy’s Sinner admitted helium needed to overhaul his “predictable” crippled aft losing to Alcaraz successful New York earlier this period successful the latest of a drawstring of caller defeats to his Spanish nemesis.

Alcaraz is playing astatine the Japan Open successful Tokyo this week, portion Sinner volition vie astatine the China Open successful Beijing successful his archetypal quality since the US Open.

Alcaraz said helium would request to beryllium acceptable for a antithetic Sinner adjacent clip helium faces the satellite fig 2 connected the court.

“I cognize he’s going to alteration thing from the past match,” said Alcaraz.

“It’s the aforesaid happening that I did erstwhile I mislaid to him a mates of times, I tried to beryllium a amended subordinate the adjacent clip I was going to look him.

“I person to beryllium focused and I person to beryllium acceptable for that change,” helium added.

Alcaraz and Sinner person dominated men’s tennis this season, with the brace contesting each 4 Grand Slam finals, winning 2 each.

Alcaraz is lone 22 and Sinner is conscionable 2 years older, and the 2 look acceptable to monopolise the sport’s apical titles for years to come.

“Our rivalry is getting better, which for maine and for tennis I would accidental is great,” said Alcaraz.

“We volition spot successful the aboriginal however galore times I’m going to play against him and which circumstances we volition play.

“Right now, it’s going great.”

Alcaraz heads to Tokyo coming disconnected a astonishment nonaccomplishment to American satellite fig 5 Taylor Fritz astatine the Laver Cup successful San Francisco past week.

Fritz is the fig 2 effect successful Tokyo, wherever Denmark’s Holger Rune, Norway’s Casper Ruud and the Czech Republic’s Tomas Machac volition besides compete.

Alcaraz has won the French Open arsenic good arsenic the US Open this twelvemonth and helium said it had been “the champion play that I’ve ever done”.

“I’ve seen myself that I’ve grown up a batch arsenic a subordinate connected the court,” helium said.

“For me, it could beryllium better, of people it could beryllium better, but I can’t kick astir the play I’m having truthful far.”

Alcaraz is playing astatine the Japan Open for the archetypal clip successful his career.

He said helium wanted to play successful Tokyo to “see the civilization and spot everything here”.

“I’m truly excited astir playing successful antithetic places, successful antithetic stadiums, and consciousness the vigor from the Japanese people,” helium said.

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