U.S. President Donald Trump salutes in the course of the U.S. Open males’s tennis remaining at Arthur Ashe Stadium, in Flushing Meadows, New York Metropolis, on Sept. 7, 2025.
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No. 1 Jannik Sinner and No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz have began the U.S. Open males’s remaining on Sunday after a delay of greater than a half-hour due to further safety measures in place with President Donald Trump in a set at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Elevated safety checks at entrances to the grounds and, individually, to get into the sector’s constructing itself precipitated the U.S. Tennis Affiliation to push again the ultimate “to make sure that followers have further time to get to their seats.”
When the primary level was performed, the 24,000-capacity area was solely about two-thirds full, whereas hundreds of followers nonetheless have been standing on the plaza exterior Ashe, ready in line to enter.
Trump is the primary sitting president to attend the event at Flushing Meadows since Invoice Clinton in 2000.
Sinner, a 24-year-old from Italy, is making an attempt to grow to be the primary repeat males’s champion at Flushing Meadows since Roger Federer gained 5 championships in a row there from 2004 by way of 2008.
He is additionally bidding for his third Grand Slam title of the season, after the Australian Open and Wimbledon, and fifth of his profession.
Alcaraz, a 22-year-old from Spain, is looking for his sixth main trophy total and second of 2025, after the French Open. His first Slam title got here in New York in 2022 as a youngster — after defeating Sinner within the quarterfinals.
Though each are fairly younger, theirs is already fairly a outstanding rivalry.
Sunday’s showdown represents the primary time in tennis historical past that the identical two males performed one another in three consecutive Grand Slam finals inside a single season.
This tough-court matchup follows Alcaraz’s victory over Sinner erasing a trio of match factors on the French Open’s purple clay in June, and Sinner’s victory over Alcaraz on Wimbledon’s grass in July.
So it is a tiebreaker of kinds. Plus the winner will likely be at No. 1 within the rankings on Monday.
Irrespective of who comes out on prime, that is the eighth consecutive main title — and tenth of the previous 13 — that may find yourself within the fingers of Sinner or Alcaraz.
Sunday’s match is Sinner’s fifth remaining in a row on the largest occasions in tennis, a run that started together with his title on the U.S. Open a yr in the past. Because the begin of that event, he has gained 33 of 34 matches on the majors. The loss? To Alcaraz at Roland-Garros.
During the last two seasons, Sinner is 1-6 towards Alcaraz and 109-4 towards everybody else.
Alcaraz, in the meantime, has gained 36 of 37 contests since Might. The loss? To Sinner on the All England Membership — additionally Alcaraz’s first defeat in a Slam remaining. Alcaraz leads the tour in wins (60) and titles (six) in 2025 and has reached the finals at his previous eight tournaments.