The best tennis player in the world Carlos Alcaraz won the title at its debut appearance on Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships, overcoming the American Taylor Fritz score 6: 4, 6: 4 in the finals held on Tuesday.
This victory comes only nine days after Alcaraz suffered defeat just from Fritz on Laver Cup, and the Spaniards now returned in a big style, winning his eighth title in 2025. Years.
Alcaraz now has an impressive 67 wins this season and threatens to surpass last year’s Jannik Sinner record that ended the season with 73 wins.
After lost by Wimbledon from Sinner in July, Alcaraz returned stronger than ever, winning three consecutive titles – in Cincinnati (Masters 1000), US Open and now in Tokyo.
This victory has come up to a total of 24. Career titles on ATP tournaments, which is equal with Alexander Zverev as a player with the most won tournaments born after 1990. years.
The American Taylor Fritz, who sought medical attention during the match due to his left thigh injury, failed to match Alcaraz’s energy and the diversity of the game.
Although he returned one break with a strong backhand in the second set, Alcaraz quickly regained control and finished the match in the second attempt after 93 minutes of the game. This increased the advantage in mutual duels with Fritzem at 4-1.
Despite the defeat, Fritz has made progress on the Ranking list of PIF Live Race to Turin, where it is now fifth and is in a serious struggle for the placement of the season – Nitto ATP finals.
The final, first ATP 500 finals between two top 5 players since October last year, brought a handful of attractive points, but also worries for Alcaraz’s health. In the first round against Sebastian Baez, the Spanish experienced a smaller health problem, and a similar moment happened in the finals when after the exhausting exchange of nine strokes acted exhausted and even received a procrastination warning from Fergus Murphy. Still, he recovered quickly and scored a recognizable lob with a blow.
With standard devastating forehend, Alcaraz dominated most of the matches, and during the first set of his “Shot Quality” for the forehand amounted to 9.7 – which illustrates high precision and efficiency.
He struck seven direct points from Forhend, with only four unfair mistakes.
Carlos Alcaraz is in top shape and a serious candidate that the season ends as the most successful player at the ATP tour.
(Vijesti.ba)
