Is there any stopping Sinner and Alcaraz? - ATP World Tour Finals: Turin

With yet another year of exhilarating tennis completed, we take a look today at the ATP World Tour Finals, which helped to cap off a season of dominance for the two major stars of men’s tennis. Let’s have a look at how things turned out.

Before reaching yet another ATP Tour Final, Alcaraz breezed through his group stage matches, only dropping one set to Taylor Fritz. His third round-robin match against Musetti also saw him clinch the 2025 world No. 1 spot for the second time in his career, capping off what has been another incredible year of tennis for the Spaniard. His semi-final against Auger-Aliassime also showcased his utter dominance, defeating the Canadian 6-2 / 6-4 in a quick display of sharp drop-shot precision and dominant base play. 

Sinner showed why he hasn’t lost a game in Turin for over 2 years, not dropping a single set in his three round-robin matches on his way to the last four. What’s more impressive is that, after defeating Alex de Minaur in his semi-final 7-5 / 6-2, Sinner entered the final having not dropped a game on serve for 59 straight consecutive services. Even though the Italian wasn’t able to finish the year as the world No. 1, the stats show just how consistent he has been all year and just how good Carlos Alcaraz has been to keep him at bay. 

With both players highlighting why they are the top athletes of their generation, audiences on Sunday strapped themselves into the matchup that keeps on giving. 

Jannik Sinner vs Carlos Alcaraz.

The first set started off with each player barely giving an inch. They both were extremely dominant on their serves, showcasing lethal accuracy, with Alcaraz using his deadly forehand drop shot, while Sinner continued to impress with his towering baseline precision. With nothing to separate the two, they reached a tiebreak which saw the Italian go 1-0 up in sets. 

Alcaraz responded quickly with a break of serve in the first game of the second set, the first time Sinner had been all tournament. However, Sinner wasn’t going to give up his 2-year perfection in Turin that easily and broke back later in the set to make it 3-3. The two yet again didn’t give each other a single inch, with Alcaraz holding serve at 5-6 down to reach another tie-break. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be for the world No. 1, as Sinner went on to break yet again, claiming his second consecutive ATP Finals title, finishing off the year in style, not dropping a single set all week. 

The ATP World Tour Finals this year had a lot to tell us, but nothing really new. Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are still another level above the rest of the chasing pack, with no clear challenger to their dominance. After Sunday's match, it was said that over the 3,302 points played against each other, that they had both won 1,651 points each. It seems the only people that can beat these two are each other, giving us, the audience, something to be in awe of for the foreseeable future. The only question that remains is, can the rest of the top players in the world adapt quickly enough to these giants? Or will each year be as terrifyingly dominant as this one?