Overview

• There will be no Beijing rematch this year, with Carlos Alcaraz entering the Japan Open in Tokyo and Jannik Sinner committing to the China Open.
• Live rankings show Alcaraz on 9,590 points with Sinner 60 points back after Sinner dropped 2,000 points as the defending US Open champion and Alcaraz shed just 50 from last year.
• The points outlook favors Alcaraz in the fall, as Sinner must defend 330 in Beijing plus 2,500 more from 2024 titles in Shanghai and at the ATP Finals, while Alcaraz faces a 500-point drop from his Beijing crown.
• Sinner began his US Open with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 win over Vit Kopriva and matched Matteo Berrettini for the most Open Era US Open match wins by an Italian man at 18.
• Alcaraz leads Sinner 9–5 head to head, they have split the last seven majors between them, and Goran Ivanisevic likened Sinner’s style to Novak Djokovic while praising both players’ supportive family environments.