This year for the third time, Carlos Alakraj And Pronounced sinner On Sunday (2 pm ET; ABC) will be faced in a major final at the US Open.
Alakraj won the French Open in June, while Cinner won Wimbledon in July (and in the first year, in a final against the Australian Open, in a final, in a final Alexander zweev,
Will the sinner win his fourth major hard-court win in a line? Or will Alakraj follow with another 2022 US Open title?
Our experts weigh how each can pull a win.
What can Alakraj do to defeat a sinner?
D’Arcy Maine: Alkaraj has an unprecedented tournament and is the first to reach the US Open Final without losing a set. Roger Federer In 2015. He has spoken openly about the desire of continuity and maintained his level and maintained the entire meditation, and so far, that’s all.
He has made a lot of effort to improve his service this season, and, Glass, Has weapons become? In his 84 service games in this tournament, he has won everyone but two. All but two!
Against Djokovic, the greatest male tennis player ever ever left his service. Despite the direct results in that semi-finals, Alakraj was rarely innocent-and in moments the Rowdy, the pro-Dojovic crowd, was mumbled by the crowd-but his service (which was run in seven aces) continued him.
Often to defeat the irreversible sinner, he will need to bring all that stability and attention, in addition to his incredible variety, and continue his serving skills. Always a showman who starts growing up when the light is bright and the crowd is their most energetic, Alkaraz has everything to win the major title number 6 on Sunday. will he? Well, this can be another story.
Bill Conline: My answer is the same as the French Open and Wimbledon was before the final: go to the big. When Alakraj hit the winners on his 20% marks against the sinner, he wins. He hit the mark in the final three sets of the French Open final, but he was mostly at 15.9% in Wimbledon. He has been under complete control in the US Open, avoids errors and laps and still hit the winners on his 19.8% points, and it is possible that only 18% or 19% of the winners need to hit the sinner to win a more controlled version of Alakraj. Regardless, he will have to take his shots because the coverage of the sinner and the court coverage is still very good, and when you get a chance you are not finishing the points.
Simon Cambers: The dynamic of sinful-alkaraz rivalry has changed thanks to the winner’s victory in the Wimbledon final. After winning six in a row to strangle his head-to-head record, Alakraj will now find a way to stop the sinner, who should have won the French Open and who excluded him in Wimbledon.
This is very simple: Alakraj has to serve well. Last month, ignoring his match in Cincinnati, which rarely matters because Cinner left after five games due to illness, in his last six matches, the first service percentage was important. In four of them, Alakraj served 60% or better and won 50% marks or more on second service in five of six. In only one he lost – Wimbledon Final – he was at 53% in the first service. At this US Open, he is 60% or better in five of his six matches. If he can reproduce that kind of percentage, it will allow him to attack with the rest of his game.
What can a sinner do to defeat Alkaraz?
I have: Well, the first and most important, the sinner needs to stay healthy. Due to a viral disease, Sinner retired from his final in Cincinnati after just five matches last month, and World No. 1 also required a medical timeout to see a right -handed injury on Friday night.
After the match, he said that it is “nothing bad” and “nothing serious,” but he would like to ensure that he is as fit and is as close to 100% as possible against Dynamic Alakraj. In the last two sessions, the sinner has been unbeatable on the hard court. He would have to bend in that comfort and confidence on the surface, as well as his powerful hitting, the ability to determine the point and, well, to parafare Alexander BublikeHis fourth round rival, to read the game to read his AI -like ability and answer everything.
If he can bring his best level – which we have seen in countless times the first time – it seems as if he has a slight edge.
Connelly: The first served to the land (or growing up on the second). In the last one year, both Sinner and Alakraj have won about 42% of their return points – originally bound to the best average in the world. Despite playing Reilly Opelka And Arthur Rinderkenech (Which both win at least 65% of their service points) and in the initial stages and Novak jokovich (70%) In the semi -finals, Alakraj has won about 43% of his return point in this tournament. It is tremendous when you adjust to competition.
But he has also won 56% second-Service Return Points. He has served 27 times in six matches and 18 sets. He is ridiculously dial with his return game, and if the sinner cannot give enough permission for a profit there, it is going to be very difficult to craft a profit elsewhere.
shield: Like my answer to the first question, the sinner needs to serve well. In his Rolland Garos and Beijing Battle, he was below 60% in the first service, which puts a lot of pressure on his other and allows Alakraj to control his return. More importantly, however, the sinner should be physically 100 percent; Otherwise, Alakraj will crush him. He says that he was fine after his medical timeout in the semi -finals, but would not have noticed that small signal of vulnerability by Alakraj, who can try to expand rallies to test Italian’s fitness. The sinner is the best player in the world for one reason: he can maintain an incredible level in a match, no matter the opponent. If there is any doubt, it needs to be started internal, it needs to be strong.
Who will win?
Palm Shriver: Obviously, given the great success of the sinner’s hard-court in the last two years, the sinner is a favorite, but I think in the five set classic, Alkaraz is going to win his second US Open. Alakraj still has more endurance and greater variety than a sinner, as well as his service during Cincinnati and the US Open run last month. These two young champions have installed a high bar for the rest of the ATP tour to try to reach.
I have: I really entice to flip a coin here, but thankfully I never have any cash. Karishmai Dynamo, Alkaraz, has impressed me throughout the tournament with his stability and their serving dominance and progress, and sinful, clinical technicians, just so solid and rock have been stable. Even when he was clearly not clearly felt his best Friday, he dug deeply and found a way to win against a malignant opponent. Felix Agar-AliasimeI really feel that it can go in any way, but anyway, anyway, let’s have sinners in five sets.
Connelly: A few months ago, it was easy to assume that Alakraj had benefited on natural surfaces and the sinner had an edge on the hard court. But then the sinner came within a point of beating Alakraj on the clay and took him down with relative ease on the grass (from the standards of this rivalry). Did it indicate a semi-stagnant lead for a sinner? Or does Alakraj’s complete ruthlessness in six matches in New York suggest that he is going to turn the table properly?
I am going with a sinner in four here – it is difficult to choose against the man who has won 27 directly Grand Slam matches on the hard court – but wow, Alakraj looks good. I am almost hopeful that I am wrong and this rivalry suggests our beliefs.
shield: I must have said that the sinner would definitely win this, it was not for two things: one, one, medical timeout that he had taken in semi, and the fact that his preparation was affected by his preparation disease, which he had in Cincinati.
There is very little between these two, they know each other from inside and usually bring out the best in each other, so we can expect more incredible shotmaking. It sometimes comes down to the spirit of the intestine, and it just feels that there is a edge in Alkaraz, at least as the last two weeks. If he can sometimes avoid dip, he is sometimes suffering, his high point is more than a sinner. I will go to Alakraj in four hard sets.
