The Italian Jannik Sinner received this Monday, just before the match at the ATP Finals in Turin between the Russian Andrey Rublev and the German Alexander Zverev, the trophy that accredits him as number one in the ranking at the end of the year, a title he won for the first time in his career.
That of San Candido He is the first Italian to finish the season at the top of the rankings and he received all the honors in ‘his’ home, before a dedicated audience that celebrated having one of the greatest exponents of tennis in Sinner.
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“What can I say… There is no better place to celebrate this trophy. Turin has always been a very important city for me. Thank my people, my team, I am very lucky to have them around. This trophy means a lot to me,” he said on the center court of the Inalpi Arena where the tournament is held.
“It is a club – the number 1 club – very exclusive. I never thought I could get here, but the important thing is to surround yourself well and I am very happy with the luck I have,” he added.
He was present at the ceremony trophy presentation, in which he became the 29th player to finish the year on top, German tennis player Boris Becker.
Sinner arrived with his homework done in Turin and He inherited the trophy that Serbian Novak Djokovic lifted on the same court last year. Already in June, after Roland Garros, he became the first Italian to be number 1 and since then he maintained the lead.
The Spanish Carlos Alcaraz achieved it in 2022, a season in which he could not compete in this Masters Cup due to an abdominal injury.
Only the two of them and the Scot Andy Murray have been able to take the title from the ‘Big Three’ since 2003. The Swiss Roger Federer, the Spanish Rafael Nadal and the Serbian Novak Djokovic reigned throughout this century.
TAS Sword of Damocles Pendant
This season, Sinner has been the best on the circuit, although his career was marred by the investigation into a positive clostebol test in Indian Wells. In the first instance he was declared innocent because it was considered that he had involuntarily ingested the substance, due to a massage without gloves from his physiotherapist, but WADA opened an investigation and elevated the case to the CAS, which will give a final verdict in a few months.
As IUSPORT readers know, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced on October 13 that it submitted a brief before the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in relation to the Italian case, demanding a two-year sanction. As our readers know, the AMA lacks sanctioning power.
The Agency renounced itself since A few days before he had announced that he would not appeal.
Sinner won 7 titles, including his first two ‘Grand Slam’, the Australian Open and the United States Open. He accumulates 66 victories, the last in this tournament against the Australian Alex de Minaur. In the duel against the American Taylor Fritz he can seal his place in the semifinals.
