Jannik Sinner repeats with Taylor Fritz and wins ATP Finals

Jannik Sinner-Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-4

Just five days later, Jannik Sinner repeated himself against Taylor Fritz, triumphing at the ATP Finals in Turin. In front of a home crowd, the world number one beat the American with a double 6-4, capping off a remarkable season in style.

After four quick games on serve, Sinner began to trouble Fritz on serve in the fifth game. The U.S., however, è well to rise from 0-30, taking a 3-2 lead. The fateful seventh game forò è the good one for the blue: Fritz nullifies three break points, two of them consecutive, but nothing canò on the fourth, converted by Sinner with a splendid bunt. The South Tyrolean confirmed the break lead (5-3) and kept it until the final 6-4 with which he filed the first set.

In the second set the’balance is broken even earlier: in the fifth game Sinner raises the level in response and wins three consecutive points, leading to the break ball. Fritz nullifies it with his serve but at the advantages the Azure takes the serve away from the American. On serve the world number one continues to concede crumbs to his opponent, who has to surrender with the same score as in the match played a few days ago in the round robin.

For Sinner, this is his eighth title of the season, sealing an outstanding 2024. In addition to the ATP Finals, the Italian won two Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open and Us Open), three Masters 1000s (Miami, Cincinnati and Shanghai) and two ATP 500s (Rotterdam and Halle), ending the year with 70 matches won out of 76.