{"id":139764,"date":"2025-09-07T16:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T16:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/139764\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T16:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T16:42:10","slug":"jannik-sinner-faces-carlos-alcaraz-in-the-u-s-open-final-with-trump-expected-to-attend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/139764\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner faces Carlos Alcaraz in the U.S. Open final with Trump expected to attend"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a lot at stake when No. 1 Jannik Sinner meets No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in the U.S. Open<\/a> men\u2019s final on Sunday \u2014 with President Donald Trump expected to be at Arthur Ashe Stadium.<\/p>\n

Sinner, a 24-year-old from Italy, is trying to become the first repeat men\u2019s champion at Flushing Meadows<\/a> since Roger Federer won five championships in a row there from 2004 through 2008.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also bidding for his third Grand Slam title of the season, after the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and fifth of his career.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz, a 22-year-old from Spain, is seeking his sixth major trophy overall and second of 2025, after the French Open. His first Slam title came in New York in 2022 as a teenager \u2014 after defeating Sinner in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

Even though both are quite young, theirs is already quite a remarkable rivalry.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s showdown represents the first time in tennis history that the same two men played each other in three consecutive Grand Slam finals within a single season.<\/p>\n

This hard-court matchup follows Alcaraz\u2019s victory over Sinner erasing a trio of match points on the French Open\u2019s red clay in June, and Sinner\u2019s victory over Alcaraz on Wimbledon\u2019s grass in July.<\/p>\n

\"JannikJannik Sinner of Italy kisses the Gentlemen\u2019s Singles Trophy following his victory against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain during the Gentlemen\u2019s Singles Final on July 13.Julian Finney \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

So this is a tiebreaker of sorts. Plus the winner will be at No. 1 in the rankings on Monday.<\/p>\n

No matter who comes out on top, this is the eighth consecutive major title \u2014 and 10th of the past 13 \u2014 that will end up in the hands of Sinner or Alcaraz.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s match is Sinner\u2019s fifth final in a row at the biggest events in tennis, a run that began with his title at the U.S. Open a year ago. Since the start of that tournament, he has won 33 of 34 matches at the majors. The loss? To Alcaraz at Roland-Garros.<\/p>\n

Over the last two seasons, Sinner is 1-6 against Alcaraz and 109-4 against everyone else.<\/p>\n

Alcaraz, meanwhile, has won 36 of 37 contests since May. The loss? To Sinner at the All England Club \u2014 also Alcaraz\u2019s first defeat in a Slam final. Alcaraz leads the tour in wins (60) and titles (six) in 2025 and has reached the finals at his past eight tournaments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is a lot at stake when No. 1 Jannik Sinner meets No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-139764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}