The Spaniard now leads his ATP head-to-heads against Sinner 6-4 after winning all three of their encounters this season (Indian Wells, Roland Garros, Beijing). Impressively, Alcaraz now has a 8-1 win-loss record against the Top 5 players this year, his only loss to one of the elite was against Novak Djokovic in the gold medal match at the Olympics.

The men's final of this year’s China Open was billed as a battle between two titans and it definitely didn't disappoint.

BEIJING: Carlos Alcaraz rallied from a set down and held his nerve in a deciding tiebreak to beat defending champion Jannik Sinner 6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(3) in the China Open final on Wednesday (Oct 2) and win his fourth title of the season.

Carlos Alcaraz won seven straight points in the decisive tiebreaker to beat top-ranked Jannik Sinner 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (3) and win the China Open on Wednesday, extending his recent mastery over his biggest rival — who is dealing with an ongoing doping case.

Jannik Sinner collapsed against friend and sports rival Carlos Alcaraz in the Beijing final. After convincingly winning the first set (victory in the tie-break), he lost ground to the Spaniard in

Sinner was not giving up the ghost, though, and a wave of Alcaraz errors saw the Italian level the final set at 4-4, before the defending champion inched ever closer to back-to-back titles by winning the first three points of the tie-breaker.

No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain rallied to defeat No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-6 (3) to capture his fourth title of the season Wednesday at the China Open in Beijing.

Amid the doping scandal, Sinner progressed all the way to the China Open final, where he lost to Alcaraz despite going 3-0 ahead in the deciding tie-breaker. Speaking after his de

Sinner and Alcaraz accounted for all four Grand Slam titles this year between them. Alcaraz leads the head-to-head series 5-4 -- including wins at both their meetings this year -- but Sinner doesn't believe that recent history will have a bearing on Wednesday's final.