Carlos Alcaraz: Le Monde N ° 1 Surprising Taylor Fritz to win the Japan Open title in Tokyo and continue the incredible 2025 ATP Tour | Tennis news
Carlos Alcaraz carried Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-4 in the Japan final in Tokyo to win his eighth title of a spectacular year.
The world n ° 1 Alcaraz is also one more step to ensure that it ends the year at the top of the ATP ranking, after winning seven of the last nine events in which he participated – reaching the final in the other two tournaments he has not won since April.
The Spaniard joins Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Jannik Sinner as the only male players to win eight titles in a single season.
Victory also earned Alcaraz Revenge for an astonishing defeat against Fritz to wash Cup in San Francisco this month, the first defeat of the Spaniard by the Americans in four clashes, which came shortly after his triumphal open American campaign.
“This is one of the big seasons of male tennis that we are looking at here. All the smiles for Carlos Alcaraz!” said Sky Sports Tennis Commentator Jonathan Overend.
After a high quality start to the match under the roof of the Ariake Colosseum, Alcaraz advanced when Fritz sent his shot for a long time to drop the service for the first time, and the seeded was not in a mood to give in when he continued to seal the opening set.
Fritz received a treatment for a thigh problem before the start of the next set and Alcaraz immediately softened the pressure on the second seeded by hitting a lawyer to break the opening match.
The champion of the Grand Slam six times quickly built an advance of 4-1, which encouraged Fritz to throw his racket on the ground with frustration. Fritz fought from 5-1, but winning three games in a row, but Alcaraz served the 10th game of the second set, using the drop shot to win his first Title de Tokyo.
“It is always difficult to play Taylor,” said Alcaraz, who suffered a fear of injuries in his first game last week.
“I am really grateful to my team. This is my first year to come in Tokyo and I feel like at home! I can see how special this tournament is, so thank you all for support. The fans have been incredible.”
The sinner advances in the third final open in China
Jannik Sinner is in the final of the China Open in Beijing
Jannik Sinner reached his third final of China Open with three sets victory against the third Australian seeded Alex de Minaur.
The sinner abandoned the second set against Minaur, but prevailed in the third to win a 6-3 4-6 6-2 victory.
In what will be his ninth consecutive final on the hard hard, Sinner will play the winner of the semi-final between the former champion of the United States Daniil Medvedev and the American teenager.
“I have one night to recover. I’m fine.
“This is another final for me this season. It’s still an excellent result. Let’s see that it will be.”
GAUFF in China open from the quarterfinals with Victoire Bencic
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Coco Gauff fights in front of Belinda Bencic to reach the quarterfinals of China Open and not only to keep her defending defending, but also to secure her place in the WTA final for a fourth consecutive season
Coco Gauff broke the service of Belinda Bencic to open the first set and beat the Swiss player 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 to qualify for the quarterfinals of China Open.
The second seeded Gauff improved its career record in head against Bencic, 28, at 4-2.
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Coco Gauff and Belinda Bencic compete in a heated exchange during their match at the China Open
Three of these matches occurred this year, including Gauff’s victory at Australian Open in January. But Bencic won in Abu Dhabi, and the gold medalist of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games made the quarter-final of the Indian Wells and advanced to the semi-finals of Wimbledon.
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