Millions of people have dreamed of having New York at their feet, even for a single minute. Exactly what Carlos Alcaraz has achieved, that boy from Murcia who, thanks to tennis, has made the city that never sleeps his own. Alcaraz was crowned US Open tennis champion for the second time in his career by defeating his great rival, Jannik Sinner. Another episode in a rivalry that should continue for a long time, provided Alcaraz doesn't turn it into a tyranny. When he plays like he did yesterday, he seems far above everyone else. Sinner was defeated in four sets (6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4).

Catalan Marcel Granollers and Argentine Horacio Zeballos were crowned champions of the US Open men's doubles tournament this Saturday, defeating Britain's Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski 3-6, 7-6, 7-5 in the final. Granollers and Zeballos are capping off a dream season, having won two of the four major tournaments together. They reigned supreme at Roland Garros a few months ago, and today they triumphed at Flushing Meadows in a match where they saved three match points.

The generation of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner has earned the right to be considered the successors of the historic generation of Roger Federer (retired in 2022), Rafa Nadal (retired in 2024), and Novak Djokovic. The Serbian is the only one who still refuses to stop being present and become history. The results give him some support while his body accumulates complaints and insults. But Alcaraz and Sinner show no mercy, not even for their professional "fathers." The Murcian tennis player defeated Djokovic 4-6, 6-7 (4), 2-6 in 2 hours and 23 minutes to book a ticket to the US Open final (against Sinner, obviously) without the need to waste his most lethal weapon against the winner of 24 Grand Slams: extending the clock.

With her shy laugh, Naomi Osaka greeted everyone on Center Court at Flushing Meadows. It had been many years since the Japanese player had been seen playing the way she is at this US Open. On Monday night, she surprisingly defeated Coco Gauff, a two-time champion of the tournament in recent years, in straight sets (6-3, 6-2). And she qualified for the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in 1,658 days. 1,658 days. More than four years. The last time she had done so, the world was still talking about the pandemic and Donald Trump was fighting in the courts, far from his return to the White House.

Top-level tennis players aren't resting. On Monday night, Carlos Alcaraz won the Cincinnati Masters 1000 after seeing his opponent, Jannik Sinner, withdraw from the final due to illness. The two players who dominate the world tour seem destined to fight to win the final Grand Slam of the season, the US Open, which begins this Sunday, but it's hard to know how they'll be in shape after seeing the Tyrolean player feeling dizzy. Furthermore, Alcaraz was supposed to play in the innovative US Open mixed doubles tournament launched this year by the U.S. Tennis Federation. Sinner was also supposed to, but decided to withdraw after his scare.