Hours after the intense Beijing final where he beat world's number one Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz invited him and his team to board a midnight private flight to Shanghai for the Masters 1000.

Alcaraz and Sinner shared the same flight as they went straight from the China Open final in Beijing to make the start of the Shanghai Masters

Sinner and Alcaraz are considered one of the fiercest competitors in the modern era. Their most recent meeting was in the China Open final, where Alcaraz emerged victorious. Sinner took the first set 7-6 (6), but Alcaraz rallied to win the next two sets 6-4, 7-6 (3), securing the ATP 500 title.

Carlos Alcaraz admits he is not “close friends” with Jannik Sinner but says the two rivals “respect each other a lot” and have a "really good relationship".

The two best men's tennis players in the world are elevating each other to heights as absurd as they are watchable

There is “no way anyone has ever played better tennis” than Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner at their peak, according to former world No 1 Mats Wilander. Alcaraz and Sinner contested a thrilling China Open final on Wednesday,

Carlos Alcaraz clinched the China Open title in Beijing by ending Jannik Sinner's winning streak in the final.

In a match that typified the thrilling closeness of their rivalry at the top of men’s tennis, Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner 6-7(6), 6-4, 7-6(3) to win the China Open in Beijing. The world No. 1 came from 2-5 down in the first set,