Jannik Sinner has gone all the way to the final in his first tournament back from a three-month doping ban. And Carlos Alcaraz is waiting for him in the Italian Open title match. “Normally when we play each other the level is very high,

A couple of weeks in Rome that started with the return of the prodigal son and then took in the election of a new Pope will have a fittingly blockbuster ending: the world’s two best male tennis players facing off for the Italian Open title.

By beating Paul, Sinner finally made his first Rome final. There, he will meet Alcaraz for the 11th time on the main level. Last year, the Italian had a total of six defeats. And three of those six losses came against the Spanish tennis star.