Carlos Alcaraz after winning the Rotterdam Open (X
In the actual final, world number three Alcaraz had too much weight of shot off both flanks for De Minaur, who retrieved valiantly but lacked the weapons to topple the top seed.
Carlos Alcaraz said Sunday that he had not missed Jannik Sinner at this week’s Rotterdam Open, seizing on the world number one’s absence to clinch his first indoor title.
Sinner pulled out at the last moment from the Rotterdam draw after triumphing at last month’s Australian Open.
