Jannik Sinner won the ATP Finals , the first Italian to do so in the history of tennis. The South Tyrolean defeated the American Taylor Fritz with a score of 6-4, 6-4 , the same score with which he defeated him in the round robin.
A tournament dominated by the world number 1, who won without losing a set in the five matches played, a feat achieved in the past only by Ivan Lendl .
Fritz also plays well and scores three first serves out of four (he is one of the best servers on the circuit), but when he enters the exchange he can do nothing against the power of Sinner's shots, simply from another planet in this 2024 and today implacable also on serve with 14 aces (often placed in key moments) and a percentage of first serves above 70% . In the first set they proceed to 3-3 following the service games, with Jannik holding his with great ease. In the seventh game the world number 1 steps on the accelerator and scores the break, closing with a splendid forehand drop shot . The Italian trembles a bit when it's time to close, but gets out of trouble with three aces and a winning serve, and by canceling a break point he wins the first set 6-4.
The turning point of the second set came in the fifth game, when Sinner broke with one of his proverbial backhands down the line . He then conceded little in the following service games and closed after an hour and 24 minutes of play in the jubilation of the Inalpi Arena in Turin.
