After defeating Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (7 / 4) 7-5, Jannik Sinner won the ATP Finals title on Sunday, retaining the title. This marked the end of a turbulent season for his great rival.
Italian Sinner won the championship match in Turin, ending the Australian Open and a historic victory at Wimbledon this year, adding the prestigious year-ending competition to the previous champions.
Despite the World Anti-Doping Agency claiming the 24-year-old was unintentionally contaminated with the banned substance clostebol last year, the 24-year-old also recovered from a three-month ban that severely reduced his season.
Sinner has now won 31 straight matches on indoor hard courts, including the 2023 championship match against Novak Djokovic at Turin’s Inalpi Arena.
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Four more victories on indoor hard courts would put him on par with John McEnroe’s 47-match record set by Djokovic in the Open era, which is second-highest among the two.
He was unflinching throughout the week in northern Italy, and he hasn’t dropped a set since the Serb lost that final two years ago.
The championship game was an attritional affair, with each player rock-solid on serve until a thrilling tie-break at the final set, which was where Sinner and Alcaraz were a success.
Sinner was in command thanks to a brilliant lob that established a set point, and he was right to use a serve that Alcaraz was only able to simply send wide.
In the second set, Sinner immediately gave Alcaraz the lead before making two double-faults, which enabled him to get a break of serve at the frame’s opening.
Sinner had not dropped a service game in the previous six games, but he broke it in order to get the crowd moving.
Source: Channels TV
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