Carlos Alcaraz has congratulated Jannik Sinner on profitable the Canadian Open by sending a cultured message by way of Instagram. Sinner secured his first ATP Masters 1000 title on Sunday by strolling to victory over Alex de Minaur, who was unable to maintain the Italian at bay all through the competition.

Sinner broke his opponent's serve on 5 events as he scooped his second title of the 12 months, which adopted his triumph on the Open Sud de France in February. He was later despatched a congratulatory message on Instagram by reigning Wimbledon champion Alcaraz, who was knocked out of the Canadian Open within the quarter-finals by Tommy Paul.

He wrote: "You deserve it Jannik! So happy for you," alongside an image of Sinner lifting the trophy above his head. The pair have developed one thing of a rivalry in latest months, which has seen them face off in quite a lot of heated encounters at massive tournaments.

They have performed one another on six events, profitable three matches apiece, with their newest encounter going Sinner's manner on the Miami Open in April. The 21-year-old got here from a set down to succeed in the ultimate in Florida earlier than he was overwhelmed by Daniil Medvedev.

Alcaraz and Sinner additionally confronted one another at Indian Wells but it surely was the Spaniard who emerged victorious, as he additionally did within the quarter-finals of final 12 months's US Open. Their different assembly at a Grand Slam got here at Wimbledon final June as Sinner downed Alcaraz in 4 units to succeed in the final eight.

It appears as if the rivalry between the duo will proceed to develop over the approaching years, with Alcaraz admitting final month that he sees Sinner as his best competitor.

"Having someone there, with whom you fight, with whom you have that battle, that beautiful rivalry, is important to maintain motivation for so long," defined Alcaraz. "Right now, I think I have it and I’m not afraid to say it, for me it’s Sinner at the moment.

"That stunning rivalry that we now have, these massive video games that we now have performed, on massive phases. As the years go by there might be higher ones and we are going to combat for the large titles."

Sinner expressed a similar view when quizzed on his budding rivalry with Alcaraz in May, saying: "I feel we each play related tennis, because of this there are some actually good rallies. We are laborious employees and he is making his personal manner, I'm making mine. I might be very joyful if we had this rivalry for 10, 15 years, however there are different gamers additionally."

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