Q2 In Review: Alcaraz wins two majors, Sinner reaches No. 1

16.07.2024 20:04

pBetween a change of surface and a change atop the PIF ATP Rankings, the second quarter of the ATP Tour season was filled with exciting action./p

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a were the two standout players while three ATP Masters 1000 events featured as many different titlists: a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a. ATPTour.com looks back on the champions of the second quarter, when the game's leading players continued their bid to earn enough PIF ATP Rankings points to qualify for November's a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a in Turin./p

pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a: a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a/strongbr /

Dealing with an arm injury across April and May, the Spaniard recovered to perform at his best level during the second quarterrsquo;s pair of majors. Alcaraz captured his first a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a title and second a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a crown. He needed a marathon effort in the closing stages of the clay-court major, winning his semi-final and final match in five sets./p

Alcaraz then became just the sixth man in the Open Era to complete the Roland Garros-a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a double, joining a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rod-laver/l058/overview'Rod Laver/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/bjorn-borg/b058/overview'Bjorn Borg/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/roger-federer/f324/overview'Roger Federer/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a, whom the World No. 3 has defeated in back-to-back a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a finals. ldquo;In an interview when I was 11 or 12 years old I said my dream was to win a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a, so I am replaying my dream,rdquo; Alcaraz said after triumphing at the All England Club./p

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pstronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a: Rise to World No. 1 amp; Halle crownbr /

/strongThe 22-year-old star became the first Italian and 29th player to reach World No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings. Sinner, who boasts a 42-4 season record, rose to the top spot after a semi-final run at a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a and the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a champion showed no signs of slowing down./p

Sinner's relentless pursuit of excellence continued as he won his maiden grass-court title in Halle, but it was not easy. The top seed needed a deciding set to claw past his first three opponents, only giving Sinner more time to adapt to the surface. A 14-time tour-level titlist, Sinner became the eighth player in PIF ATP Rankings history (since 1973) to claim a trophy in his first tournament as World No. 1.nbsp;/ppdiv

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stronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrey-rublev/re44/overview'Andrey Rublev/a: Madrid/strongbr /

ldquo;I would say this is the most proud title of my career,rdquo; Rublev said after winning the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/madrid/1536/overview'Mutua Madrid Open/a, his second ATP Masters 1000 title. Despite entering the tournament on a four-match skid, the 26-year-old showed grit and determination to win in the Spanish capital, where he upset two-time reigning champion Alcaraz in the quarters and ousted a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/felix-auger-aliassime/ag37/overview'Felix Auger-Aliassime/a in the final./p

Rublev later revealed he struggled with a tonsillitis abscess, yet still managed to produce one of the best performances of his career. ldquo;I was almost dead every day. I was not sleeping at night. The last three, four days I didn't sleep,rdquo; he said after the final. ldquo;One day I woke up with my throat [twice as big] as it should be. The throat is in super pain. Itrsquo;s tough to swallow because itrsquo;s painful,rdquo; Rublev told ATP Media./p

stronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a: Rome/strongbr /

The Germanrsquo;s triumph at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/rome/416/overview'Internazionali BNL d'Italia/a marked his biggest title since his catastrophic ankle injury in the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a semi-finals in 2022. ldquo;This one is special in its own way because it proves to me that I can win these kinds of tournaments again,rdquo; said Zverev, who

defeated 21st seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nicolas-jarry/j551/overview'Nicolas Jarry/a in the final. The 27-year-old produced a first-serve masterclass and relied on his baseline firepower to capture his sixth ATP Masters 1000 title and second in Rome (2017)./p

strongHat-tricks for Tsitsipas, Ruud, Fritz/strongbr /

a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a produces his best tennis in the Principality, where he has won three of the past four a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/monte-carlo/410/overview'Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters/a. The Greek overcame Sinner in a dramatic semi-final, the Italianrsquo;s second loss of the season, before ousting a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a in the final, during which Tsitsipas saved all eight break points he faced, according to Infosys ATP Stats./p

ldquo;This is an unbelievable win for me. Capturing that win today was nerve-wracking. I really wanted this trinity,rdquo; Tsitsipas said./ppdiv

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a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a won his biggest career title at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/barcelona/425/overview'Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell/a, avenging his previous weekrsquo;s Monte-Carlo final loss to Tsitsipas in the championship match. /p

pJoining Tsitsipas as players to win three titles at a single tournament, the Norwegian Ruud triumphed at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/geneva/322/overview'Gonet Geneva Open/a for the third time in four years and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/taylor-fritz/fb98/overview'Taylor Fritz/a was unbroken at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/eastbourne/741/overview'Rothesay International/a in Eastbourne, where the American previously won in 2019 and 2022./p

strongOther Q2 Championshellip;/strongbr /

a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-de-minaur/dh58/overview'Alex de Minaur/a, No. 6 in the PIF ATP Live Race To Turin, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tommy-paul/pl56/overview'Tommy Paul/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alejandro-tabilo/te30/overview'Alejandro Tabilo/a claimed their second titles of 2024. The Australian continued his push for maiden a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a qualification with a title run in lsquo;s-Hertogenbosch while Paul won his first ATP 500 title at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/london/311/overview'cinch Championships/a. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alejandro-tabilo/te30/overview'Alejandro Tabilo/a triumphed at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/mallorca/8994/overview'Mallorca Championships presented by Waterdrop/a./p

a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/giovanni-mpetshi-perricard/m0gz/overview'Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard/a announced himself to the big stage with a dream run at his home tournament, the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/lyon/7694/overview'Open Parc/a in Lyon. The 6rsquo;8rdquo; Frenchman, competing in just his third tour-level event, saved a championship point against a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/tomas-martin-etcheverry/ea24/overview'Tomas Martin Etcheverry/a. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jack-draper/d0co/overview'Jack Draper/a won his maiden tour-level title at the BOSS Open in Stuttgart./p

a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ben-shelton/s0s1/overview'Ben Shelton/a lifted his first clay-court crown at the Fayez Sarofim amp; Co. U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship, where he became the youngest Houston champion since 19-year-old a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-roddick/r485/overview'Andy Roddick/a in 2002. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/matteo-berrettini/bk40/overview'Matteo Berrettini/a returned to the winnersrsquo; circle for the first time since 2022 with a title run at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/marrakech/360/overview'Grand Prix Hassan II/a. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/hubert-hurkacz/hb71/overview'Hubert Hurkacz/a (Estoril), a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jan-lennard-struff/sl28/overview'Jan-Lennard Struff/a (Munich) and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/marton-fucsovics/f724/overview'Marton Fucsovics/a (Bucharest) also collected clay-court titles./p

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