Jannik Sinner won his first ATP tournament
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In the final of the Sofia Open, an ATP 250 tournament, the South Tyrolean defeated the Canadian Vasek Pospisil 6-4, 3-6, 7-6.
With the success at the Sofia Open Jannik Sinner, 19 years and three months, is the youngest Italian to win an ATP tournament.
In fact, Claudio Pistolesi passed, who in 1987 on the red clay of Bari, at the age of 19 years and 7 months, won his first, and only, ATP tournament.
Sinner becomes the 26th and the youngest blue to hit a title in the major circuit since 1968. Thanks to Sofia's success, from Monday Sinner will enter the top 40 for the first time, finishing in 37/0 place in the world ranking.
He thanks his team for their support and congratulates his opponent: Jannik Sinner, who doesn't betray emotion during the Sofia Open award ceremony, the first ATP tournament he won in his young career. "Thanks to my team, who supports me every day on and off the pitch. Never stop doing it. I am very happy to be able to share this joy with you after all the work we have done together. There is still a long way to go." , the words of the South Tyrolean after the award ceremony. "Congratulations to Pospisil for how he played this week - Sinner's words - I hope that next year will go better for you and that you will be able to do better in 2021. It was a difficult game, but I hope to return to playing matches hard and complicated with you like today ".