Nathan, a co-founder of the sports website Defector Media, has published “ Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men’s Tennis ” with Gallery Books. He spent the 2024 season squarely focused on Sinner and Alcaraz, in which they split the four majors and accelerated their ascension into a tennis stratosphere of their own creation.

Carlos Alcaraz has just won the Cincinnati Open title after Jannik Sinner retired hurt in the final. It was Alcaraz's sixth title of the current year.

Carlos Alcaraz has vowed to be by Emma Raducanu's side as the US Open mixed doubles event gets under way in New York later today, less than 24 hours after winning the Cincinnati Open.

Carlos Alcaraz created history after winning the 2025 Cincinnati Open, following a victory over arch-rival and world no.1 Jannik Sinner in the final by a 5-0 (retired hurt) margin. The Spaniard won the trophy for the first time in his career and secured his eighth ATP Masters 1000 titles.

Comment: For all the star-studded pairs and $1m winning purse, the new-look mixed doubles in New York lacks Grand Slam prestige and has largely disregarded doubles specialists, as Kieran Jackson expla