Alcaraz avoids Sinner until the final in Rome

Monday 05th May 2025 08:35 AM

Carlos Alcaraz You must wait until the final of Rome 1,000 Masters to see the faces again with Jannik Sinner on the return of Italian to the competition after fulfilling his sanction of three months by doping.

This has been determined by the raffle that has been held on Monday in front of the emblematic Fontana di Trevi of Rome, since Alcaraz has been framed in the lower part of the painting As the third head of series, while Sinner already knew that he would go on the top as the first series of the tournament as number one of the ranking.

Alcaraz, who turns 22 on Monday and will be exempt from First round as head of series, will debut before the winner of the game between the Japanese Yoshito Nishioka y El ALEMán Jan-Lennard Struffand in Third Ronda it could be measured with the American Alex Michelsen, in eighths with Grigor Dimitrov and in quarters with Jack Draper before a hypothetical semifinal with Alexander Zverev, current champion of the tournament.

For its part Sinner will debut in the second round of the tournament against the winner of the match between the Argentine Mariano Navone and the Italian Federic Cina And before facing a path that could hold a cross in third round with the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich, who will debut before the Belgian Zizou Bergs or a previous tennis player. On the Route of Sinner also appear French Tiafoe or Francisco closing it in the round of 16, Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals and Taylor Friz or Alex de Miñaur in a hypothetical semifinal before a possible final against Alcaraz or Zverev.

Alcaraz returns to Rome two years later In the great land tournament that has least visited since he is professional, since the Spanish tennis player only competed in the Italic forum in 2023, when he won in the second round the Spanish Albert Ramos also before falling against all prognosis against the Hungarian Fabian Marozsan in the third round of the tournament. A 1,000 Masters from Rome in which Alcaraz wants to straighten his season of whipped land, in which he has already won the 1,000 masters of Montecarlo, after his injury in the Godó prevented him from playing in the mutual Madrid Open, and to recover form and rhythm of competition for Roland Garros.

As for the rest of the Spanish participation ROBERTO CARBALLÉSwhich will debut before a tennis player of the previous one, could cross in the second round with French Tiafoe and in third round with Francisco closing it before a crosswalk crossing with Sinner. For its part Jaume Munar He will also debut before a previous tennis player before a second round crossing with Ben Shelton, a hypothetical third round with Sebastián Korda and possible round of 16 against Casper Ruud.