After serving a three-month doping suspension, the world No. 1 returned to action at his home tournament in Rome. And after a couple of solid wins and then very notable victories over Casper Ruud and Tommy Paul, the Italian tennis star making a dream comeback looked like a very realistic scenario.

Carlos Alcaraz had little trouble dismantling Jannik Sinner in the Italian Open final, sealing a 7-6(5) 6-1 victory to snap the world number one’s 26-match winning streak and break the hearts of the home crowd on Sunday.

Djokovic watched the closing stages of the duel at Foro Italico. As he described it, Carlos found a way to claim the opening set before Jannik faltered a bit at the beginning of the second.