By beating Paul, Sinner finally made his first Rome final. There, he will meet Alcaraz for the 11th time on the main level. Last year, the Italian had a total of six defeats. And three of those six losses came against the Spanish tennis star.

Jannik Sinner has gone all the way to the final in his first tournament back from a three-month doping ban. And Carlos Alcaraz is waiting for him in the Italian Open title match. “Normally when we play each other the level is very high,

The two young rivals have won the last five grand slam titles, with Sinner winning three in a row on the hard-courts of the Australian Open and the US Open and Alcaraz conquering the other surfaces by winning the French Open and Wimbledon.