Alcaraz, on his rivalry with Sinner next season: “There are a couple of other players who are also playing very well and who are going to try to train as hard as possible to be in top shape next year. I don’t like to say that it’s going to be Jannik, me and the rest.”

Carlos Alcaraz seeks to finish the season in the best way, although He is already thinking about a 2027 that looks exciting and where he hopes that the fight for number 1 in the world ranking will go beyond a two-way race with Jannik Sinner.

The emergence of Alexander Zverevchampion of two of the last three Grand Slams (Roland Garros and US Open) has broken the relentless dominance of the Spanish and the Italian, who shared all the majors in 2025 and 2025.

“Preseason is really important“Alcaraz told reporters after his victory in the Vienna tournament on Sunday.

“I can tell you that the players are taking the preseason very seriously, those weeks of hard training to be in good shape. Sascha (Zverev) has shown us what he is capable of. He is the best player this year. He deserves to be there. Let’s see if in 2027 he continues to do the great things he has been doing this year” continued the champion of seven Grand Slam titles, who further expanded the list of candidates.

“Shelton reached his first Grand Slam final and I think he is ambitious and eager for more next year. There are a couple of other players who are also playing very well and who are going to try to train as much as possible to be in top shape next year. I don’t like to say that it’s going to be Jannik, me and the rest. Let’s see who will be there. “I’m pretty sure that many players will show up,” concluded the Murcian, who has an end to the season full of challenges awaiting him.

The first of them will be, this week, adding to his record one of the few important titles he is missing: the Paris Masters 1000. His victory in Vienna allows him to confidently face a tournament in which he has never been good at and in which will debut this Wednesday in the second round against the winner of the match between the Czech Jiri Leheckafinalist last week in Basel, and the American Alex Michelsen.

After Paris it will be the turn of the ATP Finals (from November 15 to 22)another of the great tournaments that he has not yet been able to win and that this time he has more within reach than ever due to the absence of the current champion, Jannik Sinner, who also does not will play the Final 8 of the Davis Cupwhere Spain starts as one of the big favorites for the title with Alcaraz and Jódar as spearheads.