Alcaraz received the ATP Year-end No. 1 presented by PIF trophy on Friday and celebrated that achievement by putting on a show against Auger-Aliassime. The 22-year-old was a man on a mission in front of the capacity crowd in Inalpi Arena, producing several jaw-dropping moments to earn a 6-2, 6-4 victory after one hour and 23 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt like I could do everything on court,\u201d Alcaraz said on his first-set display. \u201cIt didn\u2019t matter if I did forehand down the line, drop shot or backhand down the line, I felt that everything was going to be in. I think that confidence helped through the whole match, pushing him to the limit, pushing him to do something different and I am happy that I continued playing such great tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n
Into a Tour-leading 11th final of the year, the top seed is the first Spaniard to reach the championship match at the prestigious year-end event since Rafael Nadal<\/a> in 2013. Alcaraz is trying to become the first player from his country to lift the trophy since Alex Corretja<\/a> in 1998.<\/p>\n Alcaraz will renew his rivalry with Sinner in Sunday\u2019s championship match, a fitting finale to an electrifying 2025 ATP Tour season. The World No. 1 and World No. 2 have dominated the year, splitting all four majors and stacking up 13 titles between them, including four ATP Masters 1000 trophies.<\/p>\n Alcaraz owns a 4-1 Lexus ATP Head2Head lead against Sinner this season (10\u20135 overall), but toppling the Italian in his own backyard won\u2019t be simple. Sinner rides a 30-match indoor winning streak and will have a roaring home crowd behind him. The first ball for the final is scheduled for Sunday at 6 p.m. CET, with both heading into the title match undefeated this week.<\/p>\n “It is great facing Jannik,” Alcaraz said, looking ahead to the final. “If it was someone else I wouldn’t mind to be honest but it is great. Thanks to him, I will try and approach the match in a different way. More focus and I know I have to play my plan A if I want to beat him, if I want to win the tournament, so I think we will both raise our levels to the top, which is great for the fans and the crowd.”<\/p>\n Against Auger-Aliassime, Alcaraz seized the first break of the match with a flash of his trademark brilliance. After a bruising crosscourt backhand exchange, the World No. 1 feathered a wicked drop shot that yanked Auger-Aliassime toward the net. The Canadian somehow chased it down and flicked a desperate pass down the line, but Alcaraz sprawled full-stretch, stabbing a volley into the open court to seal the point and lead 3-1.<\/p>\n The Spaniard, who dropped just a set en route to the semi-finals, dominated the opener, striking 13 winners to just two unforced errors to lead. Alcaraz was made to work hard by a resilient Auger-Aliassime in the second set, but he found the key breakthrough in the 10th game when the Canadian made four unforced errors. The Spaniard now leads Auger-Aliassime 5-3 in the pair\u2019s Lexus ATP Head2Head series.<\/p>\n Auger-Aliassime ends the season at No. 5 in the PIF ATP Rankings, having been as low as No. 27 in August. In an impressive final three months of the season, the 25-year-old lifted a trophy in Brussels, reached the final at the ATP Masters 1000 event in Paris and the semi-finals at the US Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Match Report Alcaraz sets blockbuster Sinner championship match at Nitto ATP Finals Spaniard overcomes Auger-Aliassime November 15, 2025…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-285497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"It](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763243112_855_it-all-adds-up-banner.jpg\"\/)
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