"If Sinner wins tonight, Sunday's championship match will be only the 14th US Open men's final in the ATP rankings era (since 1973) to feature the world's top two players. The rivalry has produced a string of classics already this season, and they'd be joining some storied company. The Connors-Borg clashes of the 1970s, McEnroe and Borg in the early 80s, Lendl's duels with McEnroe and Becker, Sampras-Agassi in 1995, and more recently Djokovic's battles with Nadal, Federer and Medvedev are the reference points."
"The most recent came in 2021, when Medvedev denied Djokovic the calendar-year slam in straight sets. Before that, Djokovic beat Federer in 2015 and Nadal in 2011, while Nadal turned the tables on the Serb in 2013. A Sinner-Alcaraz showdown would be the first time in history that all four majors in a single season have featured No 1 against No 2, underlining just how much the sport has become a two-horse race in 2025."
"Just in the last hour, Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez and Japan's Tokito Oda delivered an upset in the men's wheelchair doubles final with a 6-1, 2-6, 10-6 win over top seeds Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid of Great Britain. Earlier Friday, Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe reclaimed the women's doubles title to back up their 2023 win in New York. The Canadian-New Zealand duo, seeded third, toppled top seeds Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova 6-4, 6-4 in Friday's final on Arthur Ashe Stadium."
If Jannik Sinner wins tonight, the US Open men's final will pair world No.1 against No.2 for only the 14th time in the ATP rankings era (since 1973). Historic rivalries include Connors–Borg, McEnroe–Borg, Lendl–McEnroe–Becker, Sampras–Agassi, and Djokovic's duels with Nadal, Federer and Medvedev. Medvedev beat Djokovic in 2021; Djokovic beat Federer in 2015 and Nadal in 2011; Nadal beat Djokovic in 2013. A Sinner–Alcaraz final would complete a season in which all four majors featured No.1 versus No.2. In doubles, Fernandez and Oda upset top wheelchair seeds, and Dabrowski and Routliffe reclaimed the women's doubles title after Dabrowski's cancer treatment and time away.
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