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US Open final LIVE RESULTS – Sinner vs Alcaraz: Mega showpiece as pair eye $5MILLION prize in front of Donald Trump

THE US Open will come to a close today at Flushing Meadows as the two biggest stars in tennis face off yet again!

Rivals Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz will go head-to-head in their third Grand Slam final of the year with US president Donald Trump attending the showpiece match.

Sinner beat Alcaraz in the Wimbledon final earlier this summer to take the SW19 crown for the first time.

Sinner is looking to defend his US Open title and win the 2025 trilogy between the two titans of men’s singles.

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French Open 2025 final: Praise for ‘King Carlos’ Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner after epic Roland Garros showpiece

With an opening game lasting 12 minutes, it felt inevitable that the final between the two best players in the world would be a marathon.

In the end, Alcaraz and Sinner put everything on the line for five hours and 29 minutes – the longest French Open final in history.

Just as the fifth set got under way at around 18:45 BST, British player Naomi Broady had to make the call to alter her travel plans.

“I’ve just changed my Eurostar ticket because I think it is safe to say I’m not going to make the 9pm one,” Broady said on BBC Radio 5 Live.

It was worth it, with an emotional Broady saying afterwards she felt “so lucky that I got to be here to witness this”.

“It feels like this is absolutely going to be a historic moment of our sport,” she added.

Former British number one Greg Rusedski likened Alcaraz to Hungarian escapologist Harry Houdini, while on TNT Sports, commentator Nick Mullins crowned him “King Carlos the second – the red king in the longest Roland Garros final”.

“Carlos certainly didn’t invent tennis, but he is perfecting it,” former British player Mark Petchey added on TNT Sports.

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UK Open Pool Championship 2025 final LIVE RESULTS: Yapp DISMANTLES Souto and bags £30k in showpiece match

Aloysius Yapp* 6-0 Jonas Souto

No this isn’t a copy and paste, Yapp’s break sees him pot the yellow one again – the blue two also went in on his initial visit in the sixth frame.

There’s some sort of record here, we’re just trying to find it. Surely?

We head into a break in the final, we promise!

Aloysius Yapp* 5-0 Jonas Souto

Souto’s got a shot!

Reminder that the Spaniard was dominant in his semi-final to the point of dancing midway but he has truly been asserted into spectator view in this showpiece.

Souto’s attempt at the blue two was unsuccessful and sat him back to his habitual final spot as Yapp cleaned up the table once again.

Aloysius Yapp* 4-0 Jonas Souto

Yapp’s breaking continues to outstand as the yellow one goes in from the start. It’s been the foundation that his perfect start has been built on.

34 balls potted to Souto’s 0.

Those in attendance may be cynically hoping for a mishap from the leader to actual watch some competing.

Aloysius Yapp* 3-0 Jonas Souto

Yapp nearly breaks the nine-ball straight away, which would’ve got him the Golden Break but it remained hanging off the pocket.

Remains a clinical start from the world No.5.

Aloysius Yapp* 2-0 Jonas Souto

Yapp cues in the yellow one and the green six before angling in the difficult blue two.

The Singaporean once again shows clean combination play with the 3-4 ball and cleans the table once again.

Souto continues to wait thanks to the brilliance of Yapp.

Aloysius Yapp* 1-0 Jonas Souto

Yapp from the offset pots the yellow one and cleans the table with a combo of a 7-9 to take the first rack.

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