Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner in the Italian Open final on Sunday. The Spaniard subdued Sinner with a tactical plan of classic clay court tennis.

Sinner’s warm hug with Alcaraz at the net after the defeat suggests that the Italian was not talking about Alcaraz when he made those comments

Finally, someone has beaten world No 1 Jannik Sinner. Almost inevitably, the man to do it was Sinner’s great rival and fellow tennis giant Carlos Alcaraz, who has now extended his lead in their head-to-head meetings to 7-4.