The Italian defeated defending champion and biggest rival Carlos Alcaraz 2:0 - 7:6, 6:3 in the grand final, thus taking away his crown, but also taking back first place on the ATP list.
Janik thus reduced his head-to-head record to 10-7, but also continued his impressive Masters streak (22 wins in a row, with one set lost). He became only the second player in history, after Novak Djokovic (2015), to tie for first three Masters titles of the year (Indian Wells, Miami, and Monte Carlo).
We didn't see an overly high-quality final, the strong wind that blew in the Principality today caused a lot of problems for both players, so mistakes were more frequent, but there were some spectacular points.
Alcaraz opened the match with a break, leading 2:0, but Siner responded quickly and tied the score at 2:2. The Italian then had a much easier time going through his service games, while the Spaniard struggled, saving break points, but in the end still managed to win the tie-break. In the 13th game, Janik served perfectly, leading 5:2, then reached 6:4 and two tied set points. He did not take advantage of the first one, after missing a serve at the net, but he received help from his rival, who made a double service fault at 6:5 and gave the set to his opponent.
In the first game of the second set, Carlitos missed two break points in a row, but still took advantage of the second in the third game, his third in this set after the tournament points, and took a 2:1 lead. In the next, which turned out to be a marathon game to confirm the break, he nullified two break chances and reached 3:1.
However, Siner won the next five games and reached the 28th ATP title of his career, the third this year, while Alcaraz remained at 27th.
On his way to the title, he lost only one set, in the round of 16 to Tomas Mahach, and in addition to the Czech and the Spaniard, he was better than Hugo Amber, Felix Auger-Aliassime, and Alexander Zverev.
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