Alcaraz v Sinner live: Epic rivalry resumes in US Open final with Trump in attendance

The queues outdoors the Arthur Ashe Stadium imply that one other delay wouldn’t be a shock at this level…

The gamers are pictured warming up behind the scenes, with each trying pretty relaxed all issues thought-about.

No phrase of additional delays but, although the queues stay giant.

The President has arrived, no less than…

The beginning of the US Open males’s closing between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner has been delayed by half-hour because of extra safety measures in place for the arrival of president Donald Trump.

Trump has arrived at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queen’s after flying in from the White Home on Sunday morning. Air Drive One arrived at LaGuardia airport, with roads across the Billie Jean King tennis centre in Flushing Meadows closed to organize for his arrival.

Alcaraz and Sinner are assembly in a 3rd consecutive grand slam closing, and are the primary males to take action in the identical season within the Open period (since 1968).

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic performed in 4 in a row between 2011 and 2012 (Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open, French Open).

Between them, Alcaraz and Sinner have break up seven grand slam titles in a row going again to the 2024 Australian Open.

This would be the second yr in a row through which they’ll break up the grand slam finals between them – the primary time that has occurred since Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal break up the 2006 and 2007 seasons.

Jannik Sinner has turn out to be simply the fourth man to succeed in all 4 grand slam finals in the identical season.

If he wins, he can turn out to be simply the seventh man to win three grand slam titles in the identical yr.

Novak Djokovic did it 4 instances (in 2011, 2015, 2021 and 2023) and Roger Federer did it thrice (in 2004, 2006 and 2007).

The opposite males to win three grand slam titles in the identical season are Rafael Nadal (2010), Mats Wilander (1988), Jimmy Conners (1974) and Rod Laver (1969, the yr through which he received all 4).

Sinner has titles on the Australian Open and Wimbledon this season.

Carlos Alcaraz enters his seventh grand slam closing seeking to win his fifth main trophy on the age of twenty-two years and 125 days.

If Alcaraz wins, he’ll turn out to be the second youngest man to win a sixth grand slam title within the Open period, after Bjorn Borg. He would overtake his compatriot Rafael Nadal.

If Alcaraz wins, he will even turn out to be simply the fourth man to win a number of grand slam titles on all three surfaces, becoming a member of Novak Djokovic, Nadal, and Mats Wilander.

Alcaraz would have two US Opens, two French Opens, and two Wimbledons.

After profitable two Australian Opens, final yr’s US Open, after which returning to this yr’s US Open closing, Jannik Sinner has received 27 matches in a row on hard-courts at grand slam stage.

If Sinner wins immediately, he can overtake Novak Djokovic’s hard-court profitable streak on the grand slams, which was set between 2011 and 2012.

Roger Federer stays on the high, after reaching 40 wins in a row between 2005 and 2008.

Attributable to extra safety measures in place for the arrival of president Donald Trump, the US Open closing has been delayed for half-hour.

A press release mentioned: “As as results of the safety measures in place, and to make sure that followers have extra time to get to their seats, we have now pushed the beginning time of immediately’s match to 2:30 p.m. ET.”