Carlos Alcaraz faced not much challenge from Italy’s Luciano Darderi in the third round of the US Open. But he is expected to receive tough competition from another Italian player- Jannik Sinner – if they both reach the final stage of the tournament.

On the court, they are fierce rivals, but off it, they are good friends and exchanged pleasantries when they coincidentally faced each other at a restaurant. At the press conference later, the 22-year-old was asked about that interaction with his arch-rival.

No, it was a coincidence, it was a coincidence. Yeah, I’m seeing a lot of people talking about like we could have gone, you know, to have lunch or to eat together, but it was just a coincidence. So, it is a restaurant, though. Yeah, we ran into each other. Just was a coincidence, bu

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