Carlos Alcaraz wins tournament in Beijing

Carlos Alcaraz won the ATP tournament in Beijing. The 21-year-old Spaniard prevailed on Wednesday in a high-class final against the Italian world number one Jannik Sinner 6:7 (6:8), 6:4, 7:6 (7:3) and thus celebrated his fourth title Year.

Alcaraz, who had already won the Grand Slam tournaments in Roland Garros and Wimbledon this season, converted his first match point after 3:21 hours.

Sinner won the title at the tournament in the Chinese capital last year. During the current edition it was known that WADA was appealing the current doping case against the Italian.

Despite the fuss, the two-time Grand Slam champion showed his best tennis and narrowly missed defending his title.

“It was such a close match.” “Jannik showed once again why he is the best player in the world at the moment,” said Alcaraz after the dramatic party. By winning the title, the Spaniard will move past Alexander Zverev into second place in the world rankings. Sinner remains the undisputed number one.

Alcaraz got off to a better start in the dream final and was quickly ahead by a break in the first round. But the Spaniard couldn’t maintain his lead and missed a total of three set points before Sinner won the section in the tiebreak after 70 minutes.

Sinner dominated the action for a while, but was unable to take advantage of his chances in the second set. Instead, Alcaraz managed to equalize the set after 2:07 hours. In the third set, the two currently dominant players fought a thrilling fight, which Alcaraz ultimately won in the tiebreak.