There’s only one player who is consistently beating Jannik Sinner. Carlos Alcaraz defeated the top-ranked Sinner 7-6 (5), 6-1 on Sunday to win the Italian Open and add another big clay-court title to his resume.

Carlos Alcaraz had little trouble dismantling Jannik Sinner in the Italian Open final, sealing a 7-6(5) 6-1 victory to snap the world number one’s 26-match winning streak and break the hearts of the home crowd on Sunday.

Alcaraz came out on top in the first set by the narrowest of margins in the tiebreak, and carried that momentum into the second. He stormed to a two-break lead early on, Sinner failing to hold his serve until it was already far too late.