The Spanish top seed outlasted third seed Alex de Minaur of Australia 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to win the ABN Amro Open in the Netherlands. Read more at straitstimes.com.

With Jannik Sinner pulling out of the Rotterdam ATP 500 (called the ABN AMRO Open for sponsorship purposes), Alcaraz has been elevated to the one-seed of the tournament. Unfortunately, it will not be an easy path to victory for the Spanish superstar.

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.