No. 1 with a bullet.
Jannik Sinner surged to the top ranking in the world in 2024 and he looks poised to stay there for a long time after capping off a dominant season with a perfect run through the Nitto ATP Finals. Sinner triumphed in front of the home crowd inside Turin’s Inalpi Arena by beating Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 in the championship match on Sunday evening.
The 23-year-old need just one break in each set to defeat Fritz by the exact same scoreline that took place when they met in Group Ilie Nastase on Tuesday. Those came at 3-3 in the opening set and at 2-2 in the second. Fritz generated only one break point, which went by the wayside with his opponent serving for the first set at 5-4.
Sinner did not drop a set all week long, compiling a 3-0 record in his round-robin group (d. Fritz, Alex de Minaur, and Daniil Medvedev) before erasing Casper Ruud 6-1, 6-2 in the semis.
He finishes the year with 11,830 ranking points. That’s at least 3,915 points more than every other player (Alexander Zverev is No. 2 at 7,915). Fritz, who also finished runner-up to Sinner at the U.S. Open, will climb to a career high of No. 4 in the world on Monday.
“It’s amazing; it’s my first title in Italy and it means so much to me,” Sinner assured. “It’s something very special. I just tried to understand what works best for each opponent, trying to play my best possible tennis. That was the key.
“It was a very high level tournament from my side. At times I couldn’t have played better, so I am very happy.”
too good
Exactly, well Fritz didn’t do anything much wrong, Sinner was just that bit better in the important points 🎾🤗
And now, we start looking forward to the AO. Who will win? Weve a few weeks to think about it…
Sinner. Hope this helps.
Ok who will be runner up then
depends on the draw, but probably Djoker
Hope he doesn’t get banned early next year.. It will destroy the tennis…with no competition for Alcarez and nole..
probably in between Aussie and French
He should have been banned after IW, when tested positive, like everyone else who tested positive was banned until case resolved, the protocol hasn’t been followed and that’s why WADA lodged appeal.
I’ll repeat what I said before, try to imagine Rafa or Nole testing positive….twice?!
PS
…and please, don’t give that nonsense that he immediately knew why he tested positive so they didn’t impose the ban.
It’s an imperfect world and rarely a level playing field. Probably making a big deal out of nothing.
At least Sinner guess fur his shots; Djokovic worked out his to not miss on the backhand and wait for his opponent to take risk and miss, knowing that it’s human nature to do so. At the end of the day, it’s all rigged one way or another.
“how to not miss”
And Nadal at his peak would’ve given Schwarzenegger a run for his money. What about Serena’s advantage over the women’s tour.
People like to focus on the injustices when it suits them and ignore the injustices when it suits them.