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1. Voo de Mar says:

   May 15, 2026 at 2:40 pm

   Points won by each set: | 48-46, 40-33 |
   Unreturned serves:
   20 % Sinner – 15 of 75
   20 % Alcaraz – 19 of 92

   Their first meeting in 2026, highly anticipated, it was rather surprising that they didn’t meet in Melbourne and Doha. The progress of their Monte Carlo final was very similar to their previous final at Masters ’25 – two very tight sets, and at the end of both Sinner was slightly better. In Monaco, Sinner was behind in the scoreline for most of the encounter: in the opener he trailed 0:2* (0/15), 3:4 (0/30) and 5:6 (15/30). In the tie-break he missed an easy ball leading 6:4, but Alcaraz committed a double fault at 5:6. In the 2nd set the Spaniard led 3:1* (30/15), yet Sinner managed to gather five games in succession, and celebrated his first Monte Carlo triumph in a squat position. They switch the two top positions in the ATP ranking for the fourth time. “Today was breezy, different conditions to what we had earlier in the tournament,” Sinner said. “Having the trophy means a lot to me. It’s a completely different tournament for me being able to sleep at home and everything. It means a lot.” It’s now 26:26 in sets between them (9:7 in tie-breaks for Alcaraz).

   Sinner’s route to his 27th title:
   2 Ugo Humbert 6-3, 6-0
   3 Tomas Machac 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-3
   Q Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-4
   S Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-4
   W Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(5), 6-3

   Serve & volley: both 1/2

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   May 15, 2026 at 4:58 pm

   ☆ Before losing a set to Macháč, Sinner had won 27 straight sets. In that set he improved from 2:5* to 6:5

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