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.
The one from San Candido is the first Italian to finish the season at the top of the rankings and received all the honors at ‘his’ home, before a dedicated audience that celebrated having one of the greatest exponents of tennis in Sinner.
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“There is no better place to celebrate this trophy”
“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.
Former German tennis player Boris Becker was present at the trophy presentation ceremony, in which he became the 29th player to finish the year on top.
Sinner arrived with his homework done in Turin and 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.
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His career was clouded by the investigation into a positive clostebol test.
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 snatch the title from Big Three since 2003. The Swiss Roger Federer, the Spanish Rafael Nadal and the Serbian Novak Djokovic reigned throughout this century.
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 the WADA opened an investigation that will give a final verdict in a few months.
Sinner won 7 titles, including his first two Grand Slams, 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.
Zverev beats Rublev and approaches the semifinals
The German Alexander Zverev, world number 2, defeated the Russian Andrey Rublev this Monday, whom he beat by a double 6-4 on the first day of their group at the ATP Finals, and approached the semifinals of this Masters Cup , in addition to adding his 67th victory of the season.
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