Was Sinner spooked by Alcaraz?
Is this the best Alcaraz has ever played? Yes, he said it himself and this is certainly the best he has played against Jannik Sinner. After the chaos caused by the arrival of Donald Trump, the match eventually started an hour later than the scheduled start time. Alcaraz broke Sinner in the very first game and completely dismantled him to win the set 6-2 in under an hour. The Italian had absolutely no answer to anything that Alcaraz was throwing at him. It wasn't the usual stuff though. There was no trickery from Alcaraz or hardly any sprinkling of stardust. Alcaraz rocked up and decided to play like his opponent, being very stingy and patient with rallies. Alcaraz was prepared to be boring and Sinner got destroyed at his own game in the first hour. The Spaniard had a blip in the second set, like he often does and went 3-0 down which resulted in him losing the set 6-3. In a funny way, it looked like Sinner was trying to impersonate Alcaraz when he was riling up the crowd and frequen...