Sinner is aiming to complete his career grand slam at French Open 2026. Before him, only six players have achieved the feat in open era in men's singles: Rod Laver (1969), Andre Agassi (1999), Roger Federer (2009), Rafael Nadal (2010), Novak Djokovic (2016) and, Carlos Alcaraz (2026).

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Sinner beat Andre Rublev 6-2, 6-4 to enter semis of Italian Open in Thursday (May 14) in Rome and surpassed Novak Djokovic's 31-win record from 2011 in Mastes 1000 tournament.

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Alcaraz, who defeated Jannik Sinner after saving championship points in a marathon final in 2025, will miss this year’s tournament with a wrist injury. The Spaniard had earlier opted out of the Madrid Open, signaling his intentions to withdraw from the second major of the calendar year. 

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Alcaraz withdrew from the tournament owing to a right wrist injury which may cause him to avoid the French Open as well. His absence, however, presents Sinner with an opportunity to win record fifth straight Masters title following his victories in Paris, Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo.

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Alcaraz had his right wrist in a protective cast while receiving the Laureus award. The Spaniard shared the information while receiving Laureus award for the Best Sportsperson of the Year 2025 on Monday (Apr 20) in Madrid, Spain.

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Having struggled with a wrist injury, Alcaraz will miss his home tournament, having earlier pulled out of the Barcelona Open in the second round. Alcaraz is the defending champion at Roland Garros, having beaten Jannik Sinner in an epic final last year.

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Andrey Rublev ⁠fought back from 0-3 down to level the second set and then saved five match points, but it was Carlos Alcaraz who emerged victorious in the end.

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World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz has won his maiden Australian Open title in Melbourne, lifting his seventh Grand Slam trophy overall. The young Spanish tennis star dominated the tournament and added another major achievement to his rapidly rising career.


Australian Open: Carlos Alcaraz Wins Maiden Australian Open Men’s Title Defeating Djokovic

The 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 win also saw Carlos Alcaraz become the youngest player to clinch a career Grand Slam. After the win, Alcaraz reflected on his journey and gave a special mention to Rafael Nadal, who was in attendance for the championship clash.

Australian Open final: Carlos Alcaraz reflects on historic feat, says 'dream come true'

Carlos Alcaraz scripted history in Melbourne with his maiden Australian Open triumph. The 22-year-old Spaniard became the youngest man in the Open Era to complete a Career Grand Slam — winning all four major titles. With this victory, Alcaraz joins an elite list featuring Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andre Agassi, cementing his place among tennis greats.


Carlos Alcaraz Wins Australian Open, Becomes Youngest to Complete Career Grand Slam

In the final that lasted more than two hours, Novak Djokovic made a bright start by pocketing the opening set; however, Carlos Alcaraz came back to win the next three sets and won the 2026 Australian Open men’s singles final 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5.

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Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest winner of a career Grand Slam (all four major titles), reaching the feat at a mere age of 22. 

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Ahead of the key, the high-voltage contest between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic: here’s all you need to know, including live streaming, time, and overall head-to-head records.

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Alcaraz was visibly uncomfortable and was walking gingerly towards the end of third set when he took a medical timeout. The Spaniard, like he had come back from two sets down to win French Open 2025 final against Jannik Sinner, went on to win the match in the end for a place in the final.

AO 2026 | 'One second more of suffering': Alcaraz on fighting pain to enter maiden final

 The Spaniard, after the win, also created the iconic pose of Fernando Alonso - the iconic Formula 1 race driver from Spain. Alcaraz summoned his best to beat Alexander Zverev in 5-hour 27 minutes marathan match 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-7(4), 7-5. 

AO 2026 | 'Tennis meets F1': Alcaraz recreates Fernando Alonso's 'ICONIC'  Spanish heritage pose after SF win

After Alcaraz won the first set, Zverev responded immediately and took an early lead in the second set. The Spaniard, however, won the set in the tie-breaker and Zverev calls it his biggest regret of the match. The German eventually lost 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-7(4), 7-5 in the five sets.

AO 2026 | 'And then him cramping': Zverev shares biggest regret from loss vs Alcaraz

Alexander Zverev had animated and what appeared to be an angry discussions with the match officials about Alcaraz taking medical timeout in third set for cramps. After the timeout, Zverev won the third set and the fourth as well against a gingerly walking Alcaraz.

AO 2026 | WATCH - Zverev 'angry' as Alcaraz takes medical timeout for cramps in semis

Alcaraz had already lost his two-set advantage after Zverev won the third and fourth set and the German was up 3-2 in the final set as well. Alcaraz was down 15-30 in the sixth game of the deciding set when he played the 'point of the match.'

AO 2026 | WATCH: Moment when Alcaraz's win vs Zverev in semis became almost certain on road to final

Alcaraz beat German Alexander Zverev 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-7(4), 7-5 in the marathon semifinal - the longest in AO history which ran for 5 hours and 27 minutes. The 22-year-old is now the youngest to reach all four grand slam finals in the open era history.

AO 2026 | 'Injury concern & losing two-set advantage': Alcaraz beats Zverev in longest tournament semi to enter maiden final

Whoop was approved by WTA in 2021 and was approved by the ATP in 2024. Last year, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) also approved it for the usage during matches. The grand slam organisers, however, have not approved it yet.

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Alcaraz will now face Alexander Zverev in his maiden AO semis for a place in the final and get one step closer to completing a career slam. He has won the remaining three grand slams (French Open, Wimbledon & US Open) twice each.

AO 2026 | Alcaraz set on 'taking revenge' against Zverev after reaching maiden Aus Open semis

Daniil Medvedev, runner-up in 2021, 2022 and 2024, was beaten 6-4, 6-0, 6-3 by Learner Tien at the Rod Laver Arena.

Australian Open: Tien stuns Medvedev in fourth round; Alcaraz books quarter's berth

Women’s top seed Aryna Sabalenka also battled her way into the fourth round after a narrow win over Austria’s Anastasia Potapova. Elsewhere, 2021 US Open champion Daniil Medvedev had to battle a five-setter against Fabian Marozsan to book his place in the next round.

Australian Open: Alcaraz, Sabalenka headline day six, Medvedev through after five-setter

Hanfmann's first serve was 208 km/h, just 1 km/h slower than Alcaraz. The German's average serve speed was also 188 km/h, also just 1 km/h slower than the Spaniard.  He eventually won 7-6(4) 6-3 6-2 in straights sets but it took him 2 hours 44 minutes.

'Really difficult first set': Alcaraz survives 208 km/h serves by Hanfmann to enter round 3 in Australian Open 2026 - WATCH

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