Carlos Alcaraz acknowledged his rival Jannik Sinner’s feats while delivering his speech after capturing the Rome title. The Spaniard told Sinner:
“I want to start with Jannik. You’ve been out for two or three months. I can’t imagine how tough and difficult it was for you, for your family, for your team, and coming back to the tour here at your home, really special tournament for you, I know it and making such a great performance during the whole tournament, making the final here, so I have to congratulate you because it is amazing what you have done with your team.”
Alcaraz has a 7-4 win-loss record against Sinner in the pair’s ATP Tour-level head-to-head. Both are set to now turn their attention towards the year’s second Major, the French Open, where the Spaniard is the defending champion.