"It’s Sinner and Alcaraz, then daylight." So who’s next?

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are increasing the gap between themselves and the rest of the men’s field with every achievement.

Not only are the Italian and the Spaniard hoarding Grand Slam titles – they’ve combined to win the past seven between them – but they’re now clashing more regularly in those finals, doing so at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon this year.

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It’s the only stage of a major tournament at which they can meet, now they’ve risen to occupy the top two spots in the ATP rankings.

Since Alcaraz joined Sinner in the top two in May, the pair have increased their lead over their competitors; world No.2 Alcaraz is now almost 2300 points clear of third-ranked Alexander Zverev.

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