{"id":389816,"date":"2026-04-13T13:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/389816\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:05:15","slug":"atp-wta-sinner-the-new-prince-in-monaco-roland-garros-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/389816\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP\/WTA: Sinner, the new Prince in Monaco &#8211; Roland-Garros 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Until the generational talents walked onto Court Rainier III, Alcaraz led their riveting rivalry at 10-6 and had won his past 17 clay-court matches, which dated back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rolandgarros.com\/en-us\/article\/atpwta-alcaraz-and-paolini-conquer-rome\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rome Masters<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rolandgarros.com\/en-us\/article\/rg2025-mens-final-sinner-alcaraz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Roland-Garros finals<\/a> glory over Sinner.<\/p>\n<p>Could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rolandgarros.com\/en-us\/article\/2026-australian-open-mens-final-carlos-alcaraz-success-novak-djokovic-grand-slam-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">seven-time Grand Slam champion<\/a> Alcaraz retain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rolandgarros.com\/en-us\/article\/atp-masters-1000-monte-carlo-carlos-alcaraz-first-title-victory-lorenzo-musetti-final-tournament\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his Monte-Carlo crown<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Well, Sinner arrived in the final on a 21-match Masters 1000 winning streak, following title runs in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rolandgarros.com\/en-us\/article\/atp-jannik-sinner-rolex-paris-masters-champion-victory-felix-auger-aliassime-rankings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paris<\/a> (2025), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rolandgarros.com\/en-us\/article\/wta-atp-aryna-sabalenka-jannik-sinner-champions-2026-indian-wells-titles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indian Wells<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rolandgarros.com\/en-us\/article\/atp-wta-jannik-sinner-aryna-sabalenka-sunshine-double-indian-wells-miami-titles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami<\/a>, without dropping a set in all three banner events.<\/p>\n<p>The stakes were as high as possible, with Masters silverware and the world No.1 ranking on offer for the champion.<\/p>\n<p>The swirling wind provided challenging conditions, yet \u2018Sincaraz\u2019 still managed to put on quite the show. The absorbing clash seemed destined for a decider at 3-1 second set in the Spaniard\u2019s favour. Then Sinner elevated his game \u2013 connecting with a catalogue of piercing shots and demonstrating his supreme anticipation to stay one step of his rival to rattle through the final five games for a 7-6(5), 6-3 scoreboard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been an interesting week trying to learn how to play again on clay,&#8221; said a modest Sinner, shortly after his 27th ATP title victory and opening event on clay this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Until the generational talents walked onto Court Rainier III, Alcaraz led their riveting rivalry at 10-6 and had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-389816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}