Tennis - Italian Open - Foro Italico, Rome, Italy - May 18, 2025 Spain's Carlos Alcaraz plays the winning point during the final against Italy's Jannik Sinner REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Carlos Alcaraz heads to Paris for his French Open title defence having laid down a marker with his victory over world number one Jannik Sinner in Rome on Sunday which completed his collection of elite claycourt crowns.
Alcaraz's fourth straight win over Sinner saw the 22-year-old join Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Gustavo Kuerten and Marcelo Rios as the only men to have captured all three claycourt ATP Masters 1000 titles - Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome.
