Italy’s Jannik Sinner celebrates with a racket after successful the ultimate as Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz poses with the runners up trophy .
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Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz will play an exhibition match in South Korea in January, organisers mentioned on Monday (November 3, 2025), as the highest two males’s gamers on the earth ramp up their preparations for the Australian Open.
The pair, who’ve gained 9 of the final 10 main titles, will play within the Hyundai Card Tremendous Match at Incheon’s Encourage Area on January 10, eight days earlier than the yr’s first Grand Slam begins at Melbourne Park.
The exhibition has beforehand featured among the largest names in males’s tennis together with Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Pete Sampras, in addition to girls’s greats Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams.
Organisers have but to launch info on the prize cash on provide for the one-off match.
Sinner and Alcaraz met in three of the 4 Grand Slam finals this season and confronted one another within the title decider finally month’s Six Kings Slam exhibition match in Riyadh.
Sinner prevailed in that contest to safe a reported $6 million in prize cash.
The Italian additionally lifted his first Paris Masters title on Sunday to reclaim the world primary rating from Spaniard Alcaraz, who misplaced early within the match.
Alcaraz had taken prime spot after beating Sinner within the U.S. Open closing in September to enhance his profession head-to-head report towards his rival to 10-5 in official matches.
The pair additionally met in an epic French Open closing in June when Alcaraz prevailed in 5 units, earlier than Sinner gained revenge within the Wimbledon title conflict a month later.
Revealed – November 04, 2025 04:09 am IST
