The world's No. 2 player Carlos Alcaraz was present in Cincinnati on Tuesday, a few days after his main opponent Jannik Sinner arrived. Carlos quickly entered the training ground at the seventh Masters 1000 of the year, with the goal of winning the first title in Ohio.
This will be the first tournament that Alcaraz attended since the defeat of Sinner in the Wimbledon final. The Spaniard rested for a while after the first failure in the first Grand Slam final in his career, before returning to training in his hometown Murcia.
Currently, the 22 -year -old tennis player is ready to conquer the sixth title in the season, and accelerate in the No. 1 ATP race with his biggest opponent before the US Open.
Carlos played in Cincinnati 4 times, won 6 victories, and almost won the championship when he met Novak Djokovic in the classic final two years ago.
At that time, Alcaraz missed a match point and received defeat 5-7, 7-6, 7-6 after nearly 4 hours of fighting. Last year, he went to Cincinnati after losing Djokovic in the Olympic final and continued to be eliminated early.
He lost to Gael Monfils 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 in the second round after more than 2 and a half hours. The whole match only had two gaming games, and the results were only decided in key moments.
Alcaraz saved a set point in the 12th game, but then still lost in the tie-break series. At the end, Monfils break the break in the third game and maintain the advantage until the end of the match.
This year, Alcaraz expected to go much deeper. The 22 -year -old player has reached 6 consecutive finals since Monte Carlo in April. He is leading the ATP rankings in the 2025 season with 5 titles, creating a certain advantage compared to Sinner before the upcoming two major prizes: Cincinnati and US Open.
If Alcaraz passed Sinner in both tournaments, he would regain the first position in the world for the first time in two years.