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Sinner defeats Auger-Aliassime to set up US Open final clash with Alcaraz – SUCH TV
Defending champion Jannik Sinner battled past 25th seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the US Open semi-finals on Friday to book a blockbuster title clash with Carlos Alcaraz, reigniting one of tennis’s most captivating rivalries.
Earlier in the evening, Alcaraz produced a masterclass to dismantle 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Sinner, less clinical than usual, wavered at times but ultimately held firm to secure his third straight Grand Slam final against the Spaniard.
The victory puts the Italian world number one in elite company as only the fourth man in the Open Era, after Novak Djokovic, Rod Laver, and Roger Federer, to reach all four Slam finals in a single season.
“It’s been an amazing season. The Grand Slams are the most important tournaments we have, and finding myself in another final the last one of the year, with this amazing crowd it doesn’t get any better,” Sinner said.
Reflecting on Auger-Aliassime, he added: “We played recently in Cincinnati, and he’s a completely different player now.
He served and struck the ball much better, so it was a tough match.
I noticed he seemed injured at one point, and I really hope it’s nothing serious. He’s an amazing player and person, and it’s always a pleasure to share the court with him.”
Sinner seized control early, fending off resistance in the fifth game of the opener before clinching the set as Auger-Aliassime sent a backhand wide.
From there, despite losing the second set, the Italian’s relentless intensity carried him over the line and into another showdown with Alcaraz.
Auger-Aliassime settled his nerves in his second New York semi-final, breaking for a 5-3 lead in the next set en route to levelling the match, before going toe-to-toe with Sinner in the third set, only for the momentum to shift again.
Sinner, who took a medical timeout for an unspecified issue, found his groove to close out the third set, staving off a strong challenge from his reinvigorated Canadian opponent with some clutch serving in the next set to advance.
He told reporters afterward he felt twitching in his stomach while serving at 4-3 in the second set but played down concerns about his fitness.
“After the treatment, was feeling much better,” he said.
“At some point, I didn’t feel anything anymore. I was serving back at normal pace, so it was all good.
“Nothing to worry about. But I preferred to go off court because it’s on a different spot.”
The victory set up a mouth-watering encounter with second seed Alcaraz, who saved three matchpoints in their French Open final meeting in June to retain his title before surrendering his Wimbledon crown to the Italian in July.
Sinner looked ahead to their major trilogy meeting, which will take place on Sunday, three years after the pair duelled in the New York quarter-finals in an entertaining five-setter that Alcaraz won before going on to lift the sterling silver trophy.
“I feel our rivalry started here, playing an amazing match,” Sinner said.
“We’re two different players now, different confidence too, so let’s see what’s coming. We’ve played quite a lot this year so we know each other very well.
In any case, it has been an amazing tournament, an amazing feeling to play in front of you.
“I’m looking forward to doing it again.”
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Week 14 of the 2025 NFL season is nearly in the books and the playoff picture did get a bit clearer.
The Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars and Green Bay Packers each took sole possession of first place in their respective divisions – the Steelers in the AFC North, the Jaguars in the AFC South and the Packers in the NFC North. Each team had huge wins against divisional opponents that will definitely pay their dividends in a few weeks.
Elsewhere, the Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks stayed at the top of the NFC West division with the San Francisco 49ers just one game behind both teams. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers suffered an upset loss at home to the New Orleans Saints. They have the edge over the Carolina Panthers in the NFC South, but both teams are now 7-6.
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Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) scrambles away from Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Oren Burks (42) during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Orchard Park, New York. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Read below to see how the rest of the games turned out.
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025
Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025
- Seattle Seahawks 37, Atlanta Falcons 9
- Buffalo Bills 39, Cincinnati Bengals 34
- Tennessee Titans 31, Cleveland Browns 29
- Minnesota Vikings 31, Washington Commanders 0
- Miami Dolphins 34, New York Jets 10
- New Orleans Saints 24, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20
Jacksonville Jaguars kicker Cam Little (39) signals as he hit a field goal against the Indianapolis Colts during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Jacksonville, Florida. (Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Photo)
- Jacksonville Jaguars 36, Indianapolis Colts 19
- Pittsburgh Steelers 27, Baltimore Ravens 22
- Denver Broncos 24, Las Vegas Raiders 17
- Green Bay Packers 28, Chicago Bears 21
- Los Angeles Rams 45, Arizona Cardinals 17
- Houston Texans @ Kansas City Chiefs
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Los Angeles Rams tight end Colby Parkinson, left, avoids Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker after pulling in a pass in the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Glendale, Arizona. (Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)
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SAO PAULO — Santos and Neymar secured survival in Brazil‘s Serie A on Sunday with a 3-0 win over Cruzeiro, and the 33-year-old soccer star later confirmed he will undergo surgery on his left knee.
Playing its last league match of the season, Santos, which achieved a global following with all-time great Pelé, avoided what would have been the club’s second relegation in club history. Santos was relegated in 2023 for the first time almost a year after the death of Pelé.
Neymar struggled to recover from a torn ACL in October 2023 during a World Cup qualifier against Uruguay. But he proved key for Santos in a successful fight to avoid relegation in the Brazilian championship after promotion last year.
Neymar, who returned to Santos in January, was decisive for the club where he started his professional career. In the last three rounds of the league, Neymar scored a goal against Sport Recife in a 3-0 win, netted a hat trick against Juventude on Wednesday in another 3-0 victory, and on Sunday was an effective playmaker.
Thaciano (26th and 28th minutes) and João Schmidt (60th) scored against Cruzeiro at Vila Belmiro Stadium as Santos finished 12th with 47 points.
Neymar played only 19 of the 38 rounds of the league, which started in April. He scored eight goals.
“I came for this, to try to help the best way I can. These have been tough weeks for me,” Neymar said after the game. “I thank those who were with me to lift me up. If it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t have played these matches because of these injuries, this knee problem. I need to rest and then we will have this knee surgery.”
Neymar did not give more details about the knee injury and surgery. He still hopes to be included in Brazil’s final squad for the 2026 World Cup, though coach Carlo Ancelotti is yet to pick the former captain since he took over in May. The Italian said Neymar would be included if he was fit.
Flamengo won its ninth Brazilian league title midweek after a 1-0 home victory against Ceara. The Rio de Janeiro club also won the Copa Libertadores last month.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
MINNEAPOLIS — J.J. McCarthy‘s first season as an NFL quarterback has gone so poorly that, on Sunday, the Minnesota Vikings wanted nothing more than for him to remember what it’s like for good things to happen.
So, in front of a subdued home crowd at U.S. Bank Stadium, coach Kevin O’Connell dialed up an approach that combined a series of small wins for McCarthy into one of the biggest victories in team history.
The Vikings’ 31-0 win over the Washington Commanders was the franchise’s biggest margin of victory in a shutout since 1980. It made the Vikings the first NFL team to secure a shutout after being shut out themselves in their previous game, and it represented a reawakening for an offense that hadn’t scored a touchdown in 22 possessions entering the game.
But more than anything, O’Connell said afterward, it featured McCarthy “out there hopefully absorbing the feeling of what winning football can be for our team when our quarterback plays winning football.”
At 5-8, the Vikings’ chances to make the playoffs are slim and their top remaining priority is to get McCarthy straightened out. He missed the Vikings’ 26-0 loss in Week 13 in Seattle because of a concussion, but he entered Sunday’s game with the NFL’s third-lowest QBR (24.1) among the 50 quarterbacks who had made at least one start over that span.
O’Connell elected to receive after the Vikings won the opening coin toss, the opposite of his normal approach, because he wanted to “kind of lift the building in a lot of ways where we avoid any sort of feeling of … here we go again.”
With the Commanders largely playing back in coverage, and using a standard four-man rush, McCarthy led the Vikings on touchdown drives in each of their first two possessions. He threw accurately, completing eight of his first nine throws. And while O’Connell called nearly as many running plays (28) as dropbacks (29) over the course of the game, not including kneel downs, McCarthy still made some key throws. He finished the game with five completions on seven third or fourth-down throws.
Overall, McCarthy finished with career highs in completion percentage (69.6) and touchdown passes (3). Perhaps most importantly, it was his first NFL game without a turnover after entering the game with the highest average number of turnovers per game (1.83) in the league.
“It’s definitely reassuring,” McCarthy said. “I always knew I had that and I always knew the potential is there. But I’m looking at it right now, and there’s so many ways I could get better. I’m so far from where I want to be, so it’s just great to get the win and grow in this game.”
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