The ‘Sincaraz’ rivalry lights up the 2025 season
Italian Jannik Sinner and Spanish Carlos Alcaraz shake hands after the final. Photo: REUTERS Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner turned 2025 into a thrilling tug-of-war for tennis supremacy, winning the Grand Slams for the second consecutive year, while the women’s game featured depth and drama with four different major champions. Sinner’s dominant win over Alexander Zverev at the start of the season helped him retain his Australian Open title and become the first Italian to win three majors, surpassing Nicola Pietrangeli who won the French Opens in 1959-60. What followed after Sinner’s three-month ban in February for anti-doping violations in









