World No. 1 in 2024: Sinner awarded in Turin by Boris Becker
He is the first Italian to be at the top of the ranking at the end of the season, the ceremony is part of the ATP Finals
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It was Boris Becker, a tennis legend, who presented Jannik Sinner with the prestigious trophy for world number 1 ranking at the end of 2024. The recognition came at the end of a stellar year, in which the South Tyrolean tennis player won two slams (Australian Open and Roland Garros) and three ATP Masters 1000 (Miami, Cincinnati and Shanghai) .
The ceremony took place at the Inalpi Arena in Turin as part of the ATP Finals, the "tournament of masters". Sinner succeeds Nole Djokovic (who won a year ago) and Carlos Alcaraz (two years ago). He is the first Italian to be number 1 at the end of the season since the computerized ranking was introduced in 1973.
"It's wonderful to join such an exclusive club," Sinner said . "It means a lot to me and it's a source of pride to be able to receive it right here in Italy: there's no better place to celebrate this result. But without the people close to me, none of this would have been possible, I'm lucky to have them with me."
(Unioneonline/r.sp.)
