Season 11 is here! Aka, who reached the final for the first time, and Sinner, who made history, met in Rome

When Sinner and Alcaraz met in the final of the Rome Masters, they made up for the regret of the Australian Open at the beginning of the year!

Seeing that the others were not as good as Sinner and Alcalá, almost everyone wanted the two to have the ultimate showdown at Melbourne Park to see if Alcaraz could prevent Sinner from defending his title and achieve a Grand Slam in one fell swoop. It's a pity that Djokovic acted as a spoiler at a critical moment and defeated Alcaraz, making this long-awaited "Sinka duel" abort early.

Therefore, when Sinner's ban expired, the Rome Masters held in Italy returned, and Alcaraz recovered from injury and played as scheduled, everyone also wondered if the two could overcome their difficulties and finally meet in the final of the Rome Masters to make up for the regret of the Australian Open.

Before Alcaraz made his appearance in Rome, there was a lot of news about his health problems, which once made it a great suspense for the Spaniard to play in the Rome Masters. Although Sinner has the strength, he returned after being banned for three months, and whether his combat effectiveness is still as fierce as before has also become a major attraction of the Rome Masters.

Alcaraz and Sinner both made it to the semi-finals in Rome and looked like they were just one step away from meeting each other, but compared to the Italian's high hopes of reaching the final, the Spaniard has become the focus of everyone's worries, and there are great worries about whether he will drop the chain at a crucial moment like the Australian Open at the beginning of the year and live up to everyone's expectations.

Sinner is more favored, in addition to the quarter-finals against clay good Ruud, playing a terrible score of 6-0 and 6-1, which convinced the Norwegian brother after the game, and the advantage of playing at home, all of which make people think that as long as Sinner himself does not have problems, it is indeed difficult for Paul to prevent the Italians from reaching the final.

Alcaraz's strength on clay can be trusted, but given his previous fitness problems and the fact that he is facing Italian player Musetti this time, there are serious concerns about whether the Spaniard will be able to withstand the pressure against the Italian player in the face of a one-sided support for the Italian player from the local crowd.

As it turned out, the outside world's fears about Alcaraz were unfounded. Although the Spaniard is not very old, but with a wealth of experience in major tournaments, it is clear that he has developed an invincible body, and even though the crowd is desperately cheering for Musetti from the first set, Alcaraz still firmly executes his combat strategy, maintains a high level of concentration in the game, and seems to completely put himself in a vacuum, completely cutting off the outside interference from himself. This selfless devotion also allowed Alcaraz to take a 6-3 lead.

In the second set, Musetti launched a crazy counterattack with the cheers of the home audience, which also pushed the whole game to the climax, and the two played extremely fiercely, directly pushing this set to a tie-break.

In the tie-break, Alcaraz fully showed the strength and big heart that a Grand Slam champion should have, beating Musetti 7-4 and having the last laugh in the tie-break.

The two-set defeat over Musetti also allowed Alcaraz to make new history by reaching the final of the Rome Masters for the first time.

After Alcaraz advanced to the final, he instantly reassured those who were worried that the 12th season of "Sinka Duel" would be aborted. Some people bluntly said that with Sinner's current fiery state, he can tyrannize Ruud, then Paul, whose clay strength is far inferior to Norway's first brother, is likely to become the protagonist of the world's No. 1 next tragedy.

Surprisingly, from the first set, instead of losing as many people expected before the match, Paul caused great trouble for Sinner, and he was completely overwhelmed by the world No. 1 play, and directly won the first set by sending fritters.

Seeing Sinner lose the first set 1-6, someone in the live broadcast room immediately said worriedly, "Could it be that the game against Ruud is Sinner's return to the past, and he will become the biggest paver in the end?" ”

Thankfully, when Sinner quickly stabilized, he immediately returned the favor to Paul 6-0 in the second set. At this time, everyone also felt that the outcome of the game had lost its suspense in advance.

Paul also tried to fight back in the deciding set, playing tennis like the first set, but Sinner didn't give it a chance at all, and finally sealed the tiebreaker 6-3 and ended the fight in one fell swoop.

Just after his comeback, he reached the final of the Rome Masters, and the news of Sinner's victory also rushed to the hot search of public opinion for the first time and became the object of praise from many people.

In addition, after Sinner advanced to the final, he also made two new history: first, he became the first male player since Murray in 2016 to reach the final of seven consecutive tournaments; 2. Became the first homegrown male player to reach the final of the Rome Masters since Pannata of Italy in 1978.

Alcaraz, who achieved a major breakthrough, and Sinner, who made history, met in the final of the Rome Masters, which also made it a hot topic of public opinion to decide who would win the championship in the end.

The Spaniard and the Italian have played each other 10 times before, with Alcaraz leading 6-4.

The two have met three times on clay, with the Spaniard leading 2-1; The last time the pair met on clay was at last year's French Open, which ended in Alcaraz winning. Therefore, this final in Rome is also seen as a repeat of last year's French Open rivalry, and with both sides on the line and confidence at their highest value, this is definitely the most exciting matchup in the men's singles in Rome this year.

Many people have predicted the title clash that it will be a very tight match, and if Alcaraz does not improve his form against Musetti, it will be difficult to beat the world No.1; The reason why Sinner is favored is that, aside from all else, the crazy support of the Italian audience alone will make the world No. 1 extra motivated, and if the Spaniard can't deal with it as calmly as he did against Musetti, once the mentality fluctuates, there is a high probability that Sinner will finally watch Sinner take revenge on him and take the trophy away with a smile.(Source: Tennis House Author: Starry Sky of Moon River)