A year ago, if you had asked Valentin Vacherot about breaking into the Top 100, it would have seemed far-fetched. But this season, the Monegasque has lived a fairytale run.

It’s unsurprising that, just hours after Sinner equalled a stellar Novak Djokovic record by reaching the finals in Monte Carlo, Carlos Alcaraz has now secured his own little slice of history. After all, it has been the nature of this rivalry completely, with two young players keen to reshape the sport in their image.

The Spaniard talks returning to clay, battle for No. 1 and love of the sea with Prakash Amritraj in Monte Carlo.

Carlos Alcaraz is through to the Monte-Carlo Masters quarter-finals, but it was a bumpy ride getting there. He had a tough second set against Tomas Martin Etcheverry, piling up 23 unforced errors before dropping the set.

Alcaraz began his Monte-Carlo campaign with a win against Sebastian Baez and he will next play Tomas Martin Etcheverry. Ahead of his next match at the Monte-Carlo Masters, Boris Becker has revealed what he really thinks of the Spaniard.