Jannik Sinner confirmed himself as the best tennis player of the moment, conquering the ATP Finals 2024his eighth title of the season.
The Italian tennis player also did so without giving up a single set in the entire tournament, something that with the current format (round robin, semifinals and final) only Ivan Lendl had achieved in 1986.
Sinner put the finishing touch to his victory by defeating the American Taylor Fritz by 6-4 and 6-4, identical result to the one they had signed in the group stage duel.
For the Italian tennis player, who had already defeated Fritz in the US Open final, it is a redemption victory: a year ago, he lost the final in two sets against Novak Djokovic. This year, he not only won the title (the first transalpine to do so), but he does so as number one in the ATP ranking.
It is Jannik Sinner’s 70th victory this year, but his season does not end here, but he will now face the final phase of the 2024 Davis Cup, which takes place from November 19 to 24 in Malaga, Spain.
Italy is the current champion, and Sinner is the first sword of a team in which they also stand out Lorenzo MusettiOlympic bronze in Paris 2024, and doubles Simone Bolelli y Andrea Vavassorifinalists in the Australian Open and Roland Garros.
For its part, Carlos Alcaraz He could not repeat his good performance from last year, where he reached the semifinals in his first participation. The Spanish tennis player, suffering from a bad cold that made it difficult to breathe, lost two of his three group stage matches.
After being eliminated, Alcaraz also focused his sights on the Davis Cup and showed his excitement at accompanying Rafa Nadal in what will be his last tournament as a professional tennis player.
“For me, the most important thing in all this is Rafa’s farewell. There is no doubt about that. There will be a Davis Cup every year, but there will only be one farewell to Rafa.”
