The words of Jannik Sinner

At the end of the Six Kings Slam awards ceremony, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, in their usual warm statements, only spent words of praise for their extraordinary rivalry, which also in Riyad gave another great show.

“Carlos and I try to push each other to the limit, we wake up in the morning trying to find ways to beat each other. These kinds of players push us to reach 100 percent of the limits. It doesn&#39t always seem to come out as well as it did today, but we try to do our best. With Alcaraz we are very good friends and I hope that this rivalry will last as long as possible and we will see what happens in the future” these are the statements of Jannik Sinner.

“I try to do my best every day. I will doè everything so thatè our rivalry lasts and is always better. I’m happy that he’s in the circuit becauseé he always pushes me to do better, I’m happy to share the field with him” this, on the other hand, is the thought of Carlos Alcaraz.

Although not recognized at the ATP level, the South Tyrolean, thanks to this success in the Six Kings Slam, has broken the Spaniard&#39s streak of three consecutive victories in head-to-head matches. In 2024, in fact, the Murcian has è imposed himself on the world number one in the semifinals at the Indian Wells Masters 1000 and Roland Garros and in the final of the ATP 500 in Beijing.

Six Kings Slam: Jannik Sinner-Carlos Alcaraz 6-7 6-3 6-3

Jannik Sinner triumphs in the first edition of the Six Kings Slam. On the indoor concrete of Riyadh, the South Tyrolean defeated rival Carlos Alcaraz in the very final with a score of 6-7 6-3 6-3, after an extraordinary battle that lasted two hours and twenty-one minutes of play.

L’azzurro got off to a rocket start immediately finding the break in the third game and flying on a promising 4-1 lead. However, the Murcian does not give up and in the seventh game he recovers the disadvantage and brings the match back to parity. The balance held until the tie-break, where è Alcaraz raised the level and immediately took a 5-2 lead. Sinner, for his part, reacted and made a comeback, but in the crucial stages of the set he failed to be incisive enough and the Spaniard took advantage to win the partial 7-5, after 66 minutes of play.

In the second set è Sinner again found the break first in the third game. Alcaraz, however, does not give up and in the sixth game restores parity, which is short-lived, as the world number one places a partial of three consecutive games, winning the second act in 39 minutes of play.

In the third and deciding set, both players play very high tennis and manage to deftly hold their respective turnovers. The watershed of the match, however, came in the eighth game, where Alcaraz committed as many as two double faults that gave Sinner the decisive break at 5-3. In the next round of serve, the world number one è was relentless and held serve to zero, also ending the match and thus cashing the record $6 million award.

Juventus-Lazio 1-0

The match between Juventus and Lazio, valid for the eighth day of Serie A, ended with a narrow success. At the Allianz Stadium, in fact, the Bianconeri snatched the three points in extremis thanks to an unfortunate own goal in the final minutes by the biancoceleste defender Mario Gila.

The first chance è for the hosts on 7’: Thuram entered the area from the left and put a treacherous ball in the middle, which Gila deflected onto the post, with Provedel beaten. On 21’ comes the first jolt with Kalulu being sent deep by Vlahovic and being brought down by Romagnoli. After a VAR consultation, the referee draws the red card for the former milan defender. In the end of the first half è Gatti came close to taking the lead with a header that finished just over the crossbar.

In the second half came the second woodwork for Thiago Motta’s boys: at 57′ Thuram concluded toward the goal finding the deflection of a defender. On the rebound, Vlahovic concludes with a sure shot hitting the crossbar. After the round of substitutions, Juventus’ forcing is rewarded at 85’85;: Cabal puts a treacherous ball in the middle and this time Gila mistimes the intervention, deflects the ball and beats an unguarded Provedel.

Thanks to this success, the Bianconeri reach the top of the standings on 16 points, while Lazio remains stuck on 13 points.

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