Match Report
Sinner takes opening set vs. Fritz in Nitto ATP Finals
Italian chasing Tour-leading eighth title of 2024
November 17, 2024
Corinne Dubreuil/ATP Tour
Jannik Sinner takes the opening set in opposition to Taylor Fritz on the Nitto ATP Finals.
By Jerome Coombe
Jannik Sinner is only one set away from bookending his stellar season with a maiden trophy on the Nitto ATP Finals. The house favorite leads Taylor Fritz 6-4 In Sunday’s championship match.
Buoyed by the 12,500 sturdy crowd contained in the Inalpi Enviornment, Sinner utilized important stress to crack Fritz’s serve within the seventh recreation with indicators of his most ruthless tennis on full show. Fritz saved the primary three break factors, however was unable to fend off the Italian, who executed an inch-perfect drop shot to transform on his fourth try.
Sinner’s lethal serve has been key to his marketing campaign in Turin to date, and it was pivotal within the first set in opposition to Fritz, throughout which he fired 10 aces from the 21 first serves that he landed, in response to Infosys ATP Stats.
If he can go on to seal victory, Sinner will be a part of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic as the one males to win the Australian Open, US Open and Nitto ATP Finals in the identical season. The 23-year-old would additionally grow to be the primary participant born within the 2000s to seize the trophy on the prestigious season finale, having fallen to Djokovic in final yr’s title conflict.
A straight-sets triumph for Sinner would additionally imply that he would grow to be the primary participant to win the Nitto ATP Finals with out dropping a set since Ivan Lendl in 1986.
Fritz, who has assured he’ll rise to a career-high of No. 4 within the PIF ATP Rankings, is aiming to grow to be the primary American champion on the occasion since Pete Sampras in 1999. If the 27-year-old can rally to victory, he’ll notch the most important win of his profession, having beforehand gone 0-10 vs. World No. 1 gamers.
