The Italian emphatically beat the American by two sets of 6-4. In 2024, the tennis player from San Candido established himself as the most notable player on the circuit by winning world number one, 70 victories and eight titles.
Jannik Sinner closed 2024 as the best of all . The Italian (1st in the world) became strong at home and He beat Taylor Fritz (5th) by two sets of 6-4, proclaiming himself the new champion of the ATP Finals in Turin . With this new crown, the redhead reached 70 victories and eight titles during the year.
Exhibition as host
Whoever won the title that day would be an unprecedented champion. On one side there was Jannik sinner who had submerged Casper Ruud (7th) in the semi-final and, on the other, appeared Taylor Fritz who surprisingly went on the road Alexander Zverev (2nd) winner of the competition in the 2018 and 2021 editions.
In this context, the native of San Cándido sought to ratify his great year against the American on a surface in which he hosted. With an audience in his favor and a level similar to that which he showed at Australian Open and US Open the Italian produced a performance worthy of the great “Masters” of tennis.
By his mighty right hand, Sinner didn’t concede a single point in the first two games he had to serve . Likewise, in the seventh game, he beat Fritz with class and broke him to start paving the way to the title.
Even though the American responded strongly and did not give up any points to put the match away, the redhead remained unfazed and closed with a solid 6-4. Immediately the boon turned into an impending coronation sentence: Throughout 2024, Sinner had won 59 of 63 matches in which he led in the first set. The only four matches they lost were against Carlos Alcaraz (3) and Daniel Medvedev (1) .
In the second set, debutant Fritz’s errors became commonplace on the net and ended up being the main reason why he gave in to the Italian, who punished him again with a break, this time at fifth game.
From then on, the best racket in the world put an end to the North American’s aspirations and inflicted another partial defeat on him 6-4. With this victory, Jannik Sinner took revenge for his fall in the last edition, against Novak Djokovic, and ended the year as the player with the most titles (8), with the most victories (70) and with the most victories against the ten best tennis players (16).
“The key was that I played at a high level almost the entire tournament. It’s been an incredible week to win for the first time here in Italy, it’s something very special for me.” he said, trophy in hand, to his compatriots.
With this new album on display, Sinner will travel to Malaga, where he will lead Italy in the final of the Davis Cup, the tournament which will mark the end of Rafael Nadal . The Italian team will make its debut on Thursday in the quarter-finals against Argentina.
Source: Latercera
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