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Australian Open 2025: Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have a real rivalry atop men's tennis

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Carlos Alcaraz , 21 , and Jannik Sinner , 23 , head into the 2025 tennis season at the top of the men's game.

Sinner is the defending champion in Australia , and went on to also win the U.S. Open in September .

Alexander Zverev , a two -time major finalist, is seeded No. 2 at Melbourne Park , between No. 1 Sinner and No. 3 Alaraz .

The next generation will each take two of the four Slam singles trophies in 2024 .

In 2024 , Alcaraz went 3 -0 against Sinner , who was 73-3 against everyone else.

Overall, he leads Sinner 6-4 , with setbacks only against Daniil Medvedev , Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas .

“When I’m playing against him, I have a different mindset, a little bit. I mean, when you're facing the.. best player in the world, you have to do something different — different preparation or different mindset or whatever," he says.