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\n Video: How Sinner beat Alcaraz to win Monte-Carlo title & return to World No. 1 <\/p>\n
The Italian overcame Spaniard in Monte-Carlo final on Sunday<\/p>\n
April 12, 2026<\/p>\n
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Corinne Dubreuil\/ATP Tour<\/p>\n
Jannik Sinner claimed his first clay-court ATP Masters 1000 trophy on Sunday in Monte-Carlo.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Jannik Sinner<\/a> won his third ATP Masters 1000 trophy of 2026 on Sunday at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters<\/a>, where he defeated great rival Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> 7-6(5), 6-3 in the championship match. With the triumph, Sinner also reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the PIF ATP Rankings.<\/p>\n ATPTour.com relives the final through videos of key moments in the match.<\/p>\n Among the stars in attendance were F1 drivers George Russell and Charles LeClerc. ATP No. 1 Club member Stefan Edberg<\/a> and former World No. 4 Holger Rune<\/a> were among those also in the crowd, ready to witness Sinner and Alcaraz battle on.<\/p>\n Alcaraz secured an early break to start the match. But after Sinner bounced back, he began finding his timing from the baseline, controlling play with his forehand.<\/p>\n Despite being tested on serve, Alcaraz continued to hold serve and used his clever touch, especially with his drop shots, to keep Sinner at bay.<\/p>\n But Sinner was able to read Alcaraz’s drop shots well and eventually was better at managing pressure. He won the first set tie-break to inch one step closer to the title and World No. 1. <\/p>\n To start the second set, Alcaraz hustled to claim an early break. In the following game, he saved two break points to take a 3-1 lead. <\/p>\n But it was then that Sinner claimed control of the match, mounting pressure and earning break points with an exquisite backhand smash before levelling at 3-3, then moving ahead 4-3.<\/p>\n Then Sinner struck again, carving out a break point with a forehand blast. He did not look back from there, having won the final five games to complete a memorable victory.<\/p>\n With the victory, not only did Sinner ensure his return to the No. 1 spot in the PIF ATP Rankings, but he also became just the third player in history to win four consecutive ATP Masters 1000 titles, joining Novak Djokovic<\/a> and Rafael Nadal<\/a>. The Italian is now on a 22-match win streak at Masters 1000 events. <\/p>\n Watch extended highlights from the Alcaraz vs. Sinner Monte-Carlo final:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monte-Carlo Video: How Sinner beat Alcaraz to win Monte-Carlo title & return to World No. 1 The Italian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-580442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580442","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=580442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\u201cATP](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/atp-fantasy-article-banner.jpg\")
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