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carlos alcaraz Admitted the world No. 1 felt “really, really far away” at the start of the season because of rivals Janic SinnerForm of.
The Spaniard defeated Lorenzo Musetti to regain the year-end No. 1 ranking for the second time in his career and the first since 2022. atp final To earn his third win of the week in Turin.
This secured him the No. 1 ranking ahead of Sinner, who was unable to regain the position unless Alcaraz lost at least one round-robin match in the year-end tournament.
Alcaraz, 22, could still finish the best season of his career on a high and is on track to meet Sinner in the final of the ATP Finals after advancing to the last four.
Alcaraz won Grand Slam titles at Roland Garros and the US Open, and enjoyed great form over the summer, where she reached nine consecutive finals between April and September.
His eight titles are already the most won in a season, while his victory over Sinner in the Roland Garros final, saving three championship points, was his most memorable match of the year.
Alcaraz became the youngest No. 1 in 2022 after winning her first Grand Slam title at the US Open at the age of 19 and has achieved the position for the second time in a year. Where Sinner was banned for three months,
“Honestly, it means the world to me,” Alcaraz said. “No. 1 at the end of the year is always a goal. At the beginning of the year, I saw No. 1 really far away [with] Janik wins almost every tournament he plays.
But from the middle of the season until now, I [had] Aiming for number 1 because that’s where I thought it was. I got the opportunity to play great tennis in many tournaments in a row and also got the opportunity to be close to Janik.
“Then in the last three, four tournaments of the year, [I was] I had to work hard with Janik for this place and finally I got this place. To me, it means everything.”
Alcaraz defeated Sinner at the US Open to regain the No. 1 spot, but despite the Italian missing three months of the season after reaching a settlement in a doping case, his opponent managed to keep in touch.
Sinner extended his winning streak in indoor hard-court events to 28 matches with titles in Vienna and Paris. The 24-year-old is looking to defend his ATP Finals title in Turin, with Alcaraz attempting to win the tournament for the first time.