Sinner remains unstoppable in the Masters Cup: he drives Fritz to despair and even smiles

This is how Fritz ended, raising his arms to the sky with each mistake because they were minimal, by millimeters, forced to play to the limit if he wanted to have any option, but big enough to allow the Italian to take this second victory of the tournament to his locker.

One puncher and another, the American stronger than ever, there was a thorough debate without anyone allowing themselves a break or allowing an inch to the rival. But the difference, although it may seem small in appearance, is actually a world: temperance or confidence or aggressiveness, whatever you want to call it, or everything together at the same time. At the edge of games, where true growth, true semblance is demonstrated, Sinner is the safe bet.

Already in the eighth game he had that little bit more courage, and Fritz that little bit more fear, which allowed the former to have two breaking balls. This Fritz is not the one who trembled against an injured Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon 2022 and got by. But Sinner was already there, he had already found the opponent’s fear and made him tremble again in the tenth game: two more breaking balls before which Fritz ended up turning pale. Right there, where the break was not just a break, but the entire set.

Fritz knew at that moment that the game was twice as difficult. Sinner has plenty of energy and even more so if he flies with the result in his favor. That’s where the fuss began. Teeth clenched. The rage of millimeters that are too long. The same script for the same result. Because Fritz put up with it again during the first eight games, the American’s wear and tear against this undaunted version of the Italian was tremendous, but there is always something more in Sinner that destroys any defense, any morale, any point no matter how good one directs it. . It is Sinner who ends up signing the ending.

So explosive, delighted to play at home, intense, that he even stood out with a finger to his ear after signing the point of the match, a parallel backhand passing that only he saw capable of executing. The next game, with 5-4 and the rest, the millimeters were enormous again.

Millimeters in for Sinner, millimeters out for Fritz, who ended up trembling with his serve, desperate against an Italian capable of returning 95% of his first serves, capable of breaking down the strongest defense, the strongest rival. Second flawless victory for him in this Masters Cup that looks even more to his liking.

In the after-dinner game, Daniil Medvedev He signed a brilliant victory (6-2 and 6-4) against Alex de Minaur.