Alcaraz, Italian Open and Jannik Sinner
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The 23-year-old is celebrating his 50th consecutive week as world no. 1. In doing so, Jannik becomes only the tenth player in ATP ranking history to maintain the ATP throne for at least 50 straight weeks.
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Tennis World on MSNJannik Sinner’s silver comes with a golden milestone - 10,000 ATP pointsJannik Sinner may have fallen short in the Rome Masters final at Foro Italico to his greatest rival, Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard saved two set points in the 12th game of the opener and earned a 7-6, 6-1 triumph.
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner define the rivalry that is expected to continue after the years of the “Big 3” (Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic).
After reaching the final in his first tournament back in Rome, Jannik Sinner hits a big milestone on the new ATP rankings today, kicking off his 50th consecutive week at No. 1. And he joins some elite company as just the fifth player in ATP rankings history to amass 50 weeks in their very first stint at No. 1.
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Pope Leo XIV has apparently made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play, during an off day for Sinner at the Italian Open.
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After an absorbing first set, Sinner's understandable lack of match toughness saw Alcaraz dance to victory in Rome.
The Foro Italico (Italian Forum) has lived up to its name this past week as Jannik Sinner and Jasmine Paolini have given home fans a local hero to cheer for in both singles finals at the Italian Open.
Nick Kyrgios has hit out yet again at Jannik Sinner, claiming there was no way he did not know about clostebol being in his system. Sinner returned to professional tennis for the first time since
The world No. 1 was rusty on his first match back after three months away. His Italian Open draw means he cannot afford to be so for long.