That means there has been just one chapter in the iconic Sinner-Alcaraz rivalry this year, when the Italian won the Monte-Carlo final in April. By contrast, they met six times in 2025, including in three Grand Slam finals.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard believes that tennis authorities need to consider the welfare of the players as more and more fall by the wayside amid intense schedule demands.<\/p>\n
“One of the reasons we had to see the players who are getting injured, they [ATP officials] are pushing us too much out of the line sometimes to play a lot of tournaments, to play a lot of matches,” Alcaraz said.<\/p>\n
“It’s getting in the wrong direction. I just wish Jannik the best for these months, just to be in good shape for the next season.<\/p>\n
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\u2018Ready to take on the challenge\u2019 – Alcaraz \u2018mentally fresh\u2019 ahead of Shanghai Masters<\/p>\n
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“Hopefully see him soon, but they have to see a little bit what’s going on on the tour along with the players.”<\/p>\n
Alcaraz heads to Shanghai fresh from claiming his third tour-level title of the season in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
But he enters a competitive field, with the likes of Roland-Garros and US Open champion Alexander Zverev and newly-crowned China Open winner Novak Djokovic in the draw.<\/p>\n
“I’m feeling fresh mentally, which for me is the most important thing,” Alcaraz added.<\/p>\n
“I’m ready to take the challenge of this tournament. If we see a couple of years back, probably this swing or this part of the season, it’s never been my best one.<\/p>\n
“Right now, I just want to be in a good state for this tournament, because I really want to win the tournaments, this one and the tournaments that I have in a couple of months at least one day. <\/p>\n
“So right now, I think it’s an extra boost that I have for the rest of the season.”<\/p>\n
Sinner confirmed his season was over on Tuesday with a post on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Italian has not competed since the Wimbledon final in July and is at risk of losing the world No. 1 spot to Zverev or Alcaraz by the end of the year.<\/p>\n But he explained that he is prioritising his long-term health by not returning to defend his ATP Finals and Davis Cup crowns on home turf in Turin and Bologna.<\/p>\n \u2018I\u2019m aware of how difficult it is\u2019 – Djokovic warns Sinner about \u2018mental\u2019 toll of injury lay-off<\/p>\n Video credit: SNTV<\/p>\n “Me, together with the doctors, have decided that I need a course of treatment for my knee, which means that the 2026 season is officially over,” Sinner<\/a> said.<\/p>\n “The last couple of years, especially the ending in Turin, gave me so many beautiful feelings and emotions. This year is going to be way different. But at the moment I also need to think about my long-term career.<\/p>\n “I will do everything possible to get back to 100%. I thank you already in advance for your support, and hope to see you very, very soon on the court.”<\/p>\n Add TNT Sports as a preferred source here<\/a>\u00a0to enjoy more content like this.Watch and stream top tennis action, including the Australian Open and French Open, live on TNT Sports and HBO Max<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018They\u2019re pushing us too much\u2019 – Alcaraz partly attributes Sinner injury to relentless schedule Video credit: SNTV Alcaraz…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[261872,101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-797835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-shanghai-mens-singles-2026","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"picture\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-644fdeb3-0ee4-4cd8-8817-140399c4af7a-85-2560-1440.jpeg\")
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