Carlos Alcaraz may have won seven of the last eight meetings against Jannik Sinner, but the Spaniard says that the Italian is “the favorite” for Sunday’s championship match at the season-ending ATP Finals.
The world No. 1 and world No. 2 set the dream final with straight-sets wins over Alex de Minaur and Felix Auger-Aliassime, respectively, on Saturday, and something will have to give in the pair’s last dance this season. Alcaraz hopes to put an exclamation mark on his second year-end No. 1 season, while Sinner has won 30 straight matches indoors and nine straight tilts in Turin as the defending champion.
Read more: Carlos Alcaraz meets Jannik Sinner for ATP Finals trophy | Preview, Pick, Where to Watch
And while Alcaraz confirmed his grip on the top spot by going 3-0 in round-robin play in Turin, he confessed that Sinner’s imperious form indoors, coupled in Turin with fervent home-soil support, makes their impending Turin showdown “one of the most difficult challenge[s] that we have in tennis right now.”
