“Sinner is the favorite, but I am prepared”: Alcaraz will go for his first title at the ATP Finals 2025

Carlos Alcaraz met its first objective in the ATP Finals 2025which was getting the necessary points to ensure finishing the year as number 1 in the world. With that under his belt, the main course remains: proclaiming himself in the Masters Tournament and nothing more and nothing less than against Jannik Sinner (2nd).

After beating Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semifinals and entering the grand final for the first time, the Murcian spoke with the media and got a taste of what the grand final will be like: “Playing against Sinner indoors is one of the best and most difficult challenges we have right now in tennis. I think he’s on a streak of 30 or 31 wins in a row.. We play indoors and in front of their audience. That makes him even more difficult to play against. We’ll see what happens, but I am ready to face the challenge and to play excellent tennis“.

“Every time we face each other, we raise our level, which, in my opinion, is a great game for tennis, for the circuit and for the public, but I think that means that we are working very well at it. Being number 1 means that I have been playing very well throughout the season, on all surfaces. He is playing better indoors, we play in front of his audience. I would say he is the favorite. I don’t want to believe it, but I would say he’s the favorite“, he declared, recognizing the supremacy of Italian on this surface.

Furthermore, he said that it would be for him to be able to proclaim himself: “Winning would mean a lot to me because the last part of the year I have been working very hard and very focused to be in good shape for this tournament. Playing good tennis and being able to lift the trophy at the end of the week would mean a lot to me, even more so beating Jannik and being on the same list as Orantes and Corretja, as the Spaniard who has won this tournament. “Putting my name next to his would be great.”

On the other hand, the Murcian revealed details of what his training with Sinner was like before the 2025 ATP Finals begin: “He beat me pretty easily in a practice match earlier in the week. But practicing is a totally different feeling”

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