Alcaraz and Sinner have each said that they are focused more on beating each other than on solving the rest of the sport.

In their last Grand Slam match, Carlos Alcaraz got absorbed by Novak Djokovic's condition. At the U.S. Open, he is learning to ignore it.

After Djokovic threatened to repeat his Australian Open comeback, Alcaraz held his nerve to beat him on a hard court for the first time.