Carlos Alcaraz is the new US Open men’s champion, after a hard-fought yet decisive victory over Jannik Sinner, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. It’s Alcaraz’s sixth major (and third this year, after Australia and the French) and second US Open title (he won it in 2022).

For tennis fans, the on-court drama was more than enough to look forward to: the world’s number one men’s player and US Open defending champion (Italy’s Sinner, 24) squaring off against his chief rival and world number two (Spain’s Alcaraz, 22) in the final of the US Open. At stake wasn’t just bragging rights; the winner of today’s final would become (or remain) the world number one.

“I’m seeing you more than my family,” Alcaraz joked to Sinner at the trophy presentation. (Aside from being in a league of their own atop the ATP tour, t

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