While Aryna Sabalenka successfully defended her crown, Jannik Sinner fell just short of doing the same as he lost out to a resurgent and relentless Carlos Alcaraz. Gone was the player who struggled to find a first serve at Wimbledon. In fact, his serve was lethal (as was his repertoire of shots), and it was instead Sinner who struggled in his service game. When reflecting on the game, the Italian star knew that he had to change a few things if he had to have an upper hand over his rival, who now leads the rivalry 10-5. So what better time than to do it at the ongoing China Open?
Earlier today, Sinner took down Terence Atmane in the second round of the China Open. Although Sinner had a slip-up towards the end of the second set– Altmane broke Sinner three times in the second set, includin