A battle of #NextGenATP alumni headlines the Sunday action at Wimbledon, where Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner take centre stage as the fourth-round action begins at the grass-court major in London.
The meeting between six-time champion Novak Djokovic and the in-form Dutch wild card Tim van Rijthoven is another intriguing matchup at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, while Cameron Norrie seeks to keep the British flag flying in the singles when he takes on 30th seed Tommy Paul. The American’s countryman, 23rd seed Frances Tiafoe, meets 2019 quarter-finalist David Goffin.
ATPTour.com looks at the fourth-round matchups on Day 7 in the UK capital.
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[5] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) vs. [10] Jannik Sinner (ITA)
One Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals crown — check. Five ATP Tour titles — check. Two Grand Slam quarter-finals — check.
The graduation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner from #NextGenATP prodigy to ATP Tour champion has been strikingly similar. On Sunday, two of the brightest talents in the game will gauge their grass-court progress with a high-stakes fourth-round showdown at Wimbledon.
The champion at the season-ending finals for the world’s top 21-and-under talents in Milan last November, Alcaraz has been unstoppable in his progress in 2022. The Spaniard has won four tour-level titles, including ATP Masters 1000 crowns in Miami and Madrid, to surge to as high as No. 6 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.
Sinner’s moment of glory in Milan came in 2019, a triumph he backed up with five hard-court trophies to also crack the Top 10 in late 2021. The Italian may be chasing his first title of the season, but five tour-level quarter-finals and a 30-8 record for the year reflect the consistency he has been able to find at the highest level.
Sinner: Skiing Sensation To Tennis Star
Both are relative rookies on grass — it is just Alcaraz’s sixth tour-level match on the surface, and Sinner’s eighth — but results this week suggest both players are quickly getting to grips with the lawns at the All England Lawn Tennis Club.
Although it was his first match on grass this year, Alcaraz had plenty of time on court to adjust to the surface in a five-set thriller against Jan-Lennard Struff in the first round, which took four hours and 11 minutes. Lessons were learned, improvements were made, and Tallon Griekspoor…
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