After his second win in a row at the Australian Open, Jannik Sinner returned to Italy and took a few days off. The world No.1 needed to recharge his batteries after dominating the first Grand Slam of the season, in which he showed he had no opponents on the hard courts.

Carlos Alcaraz said he has no doubt that top-ranked Jannik Sinner is the best player in the world as the two young players continue to lay the foundations for an epic rivalry. Alcaraz, the 21-year-old world No.

Former world No 17 Nicolas Escude has identified Carlos Alcaraz as the player who “can find the weapons to oppose” Jannik Sinner as he analysed the Italian’s dominance. Escude assessed that, while Alcaraz has “all the solutions”,

Rotterdam: Carlos Alcaraz said on Sunday that the form of Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner is “crazy”, as the Spaniard prepared for his first match since losing in the quarter-finals in Melbourne.