Jannik Sinner won the Vienna Open final against Alexander Zverev, earning him his fourth title of the year on Sunday.
Sinner , who won the 22nd title of his career, came off Zverev 3 3-6, 3 6-3, 7-5, before making a comeback.
His second success in Vienna, where he won the same prize in 2023, and his 21 victories in indoor hard courts will lead to Paris’ final Masters 1000 championship game next week.
The top seed had to overcome their setbacks as Zverev, who had won four of his previous meetings, only managed one break before the second set, which would have allowed the first to take the lead.
Sinner remarked, “It was such a challenging start to this final.”
I had some chances in the first set but couldn’t use them, so I went broke down. I just tried to stay there mentally and play my best tennis when it came, even though he was serving very well.
Sinner responded, however, by forcing a decider against the 2021 champion by racing 3-0 ahead in the second set.
In the fifth game of the third set, Zverev saved two break points, but Sinner maintained the pressure despite suffering from a thigh cramp in his first competition since Shanghai Masters retired.
Sinner won a protracted rally the following point to snatch the key break, allowing him to grab another opportunity at 5-all with a blistering backhand down the line.
The 24-year-old reached the final of eight of his previous ten matches this year, winning at the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and Beijing, with a routine hold.
“The third set was a little rollercoaster,” Sinner continued, “but I was feeling the ball very well at times, so I tried to push.”
It is “very special.”
Source: Channels TV
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