Carlos Alcaraz puts Jannik Sinner’s team in tricky situation during Shanghai Masters final | Tennis | Sport

Carlos Alcaraz left Jannik Sinner’s team in an ungraceful situation during the Shanghai Masters final.

The Spaniard crashed out in the quarter-final but turned up to watch the championship suit between Sinner and Novak Djokovic on Sunday.

Alcaraz chose a notable position in the stands, sitting honestly behind Sinner’s coaching box.

Wearing a luminous blue hoodie, the 20-year-ageder didn’t exactly blfinish in with his surroundings and could be seen every time the camera panned to Sinner’s team, consisting of coach Simone Vagnozzi, physio Ulises Badio and fitness trainer Marco Panichi.

Alcaraz wasn’t the only high-profile face in the crowd. He sat alengthyside his brother Alvaro and his coach Juan Carlos Ferrero, a reweary establisher world No. 1. Roger Federer joincessitate them mid-way thcimpolite the first set.

But it was Alcaraz’s positioning that caught attention, as his seat apexhibited him to hear everyleang Sinner’s team tageder the Italian. “Just wondering if Sinner’s team are annoyed that he’s sat honestly behind them,” Naomi Broady said on commentary.

“I’m stateive they’d have asked him to transfer if not. Good insight, isn’t it?”

Co-commentator Jonathan Overfinish remarkd the seal relationship the pair seemed to have, replying: “So matey these days.”

Sinner, Alcaraz and their esteemive teams recently splitd a stateiveial jet to get from Beijing to Shanghai after contesting the China Open final less than two weeks ago, someleang Broady refered.

“They’re probably on the same set upe out of here! Good to see though, you can see these two perestablishers directing these tournaments,” Overfinish joked.

But he still thought it was atypical to see one of Sinner’s hugegest rivals in such seal proximity to his team for an convey inant suit.

“I leank what is quite engaging about it though is evidently when Sinner’s coaching team sfinish messages down, Carlos will be able to hear,” he elucidateed.

Broady replied: “Well that’s what I was leanking. You get a fantastic insight.”

It stateively didn’t put Sinner off. As the first set went to a tiefracture, the world No. 1 stormed into a 4-0 direct and eventuassociate took the uncoverer 7-6(4) with Alcaraz, Federer and Ferrero watching on.