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Tennis: Sinner stuns Alcaraz again to take Spaniard's Umag title

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Jannik Sinner of Italy in action in the men" s="" quarter="" final="" match="" against="" Novak="" Djokovic="" of="" Serbia="" at="" the="" Wimbledon="" in="" July="" Tolga="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/08/01/sinner.jpg"/><figcaption>Jannik Sinner of Italy in action in the men&#x27;s quarter final match against Novak Djokovic of Serbia at the Wimbledon Championships, in Wimbledon, Britain, 05 July 2022. Tolga Akmen, EPA-EFE</figcaption></figure></div>UMAG, Croatia -- Jannik Sinner defeated Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz for the second time in four weeks on Sunday to take the Spaniard&#x27;s Umag clay-court title.World number 10 Sinner came from a first set deficit to beat the fifth-ranked Alcaraz 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-1 in the final.Sinner, who now has six career titles but a first on clay, had also defeated the 19-year-old in the fourth round at Wimbledon earlier this month.&quot;I am obviously very happy,&quot; said Sinner who saved all nine break points he faced.&quot;I have had a tough year until now, I had some unfortunate moments, but we worked every time to play better, to be a better player, to be a better person. &quot;So, I&#x27;m very happy to be finally lifting a trophy this year, but I know that I still have a lot of things to improve. It&#x27;s all about the process.&quot;Alcaraz had been seeking his fifth title of 2022 but instead was defeated in a final for the second successive week after losing to another Italian, Lorenzo Musetti in Hamburg.Despite those back-to-back setbacks, Alcaraz will rise to a career high of four in the world rankings on Monday, replacing Greece&#x27;s Stefanos Tsitsipas.<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Jannik Sinner defeated Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz for the second time in four weeks on Sunday to take the Spaniard's Umag clay-court title.