The Italian
Jannik Sinner
, winner of his first Grand Slam title in Melbourne at the end of January, chained his great moment with a victory at the
ATP 500 in Rotterdam
after dominating the Australian
Alex De Miñaur
in the final 7-5, 6- 4, this Sunday, in the Netherlands.
Seeded number 1, the young tennis player from Trentino, 22 years old, will occupy third position in the world rankings on Monday (behind the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz), thus becoming the highest ranked Italian in history of the ATP.
De Minaur will be consoled by his entry into the top ten, as he will jump from eleventh place to ninth place, which will be his best position of his career.
De Minaur breaks in the most INCREDIBLE fashion 🤯@alexdeminaur #abnamroopen pic.twitter.com/dfaX9mwWeS
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) February 18, 2024
Sinner broke his opponent's serve midway through the first set, for 3-2, and that allowed him to control the situation well until the end of that first set.
In the second set the two were less solid with their serve and finally Sinner ruled after just over two hours of play and four wasted match points.
The LEVEL of this match 📈@alexdeminaur #abnamroopen pic.twitter.com/isWvK1aaMn
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) February 18, 2024
The Italian prodigy adds his name to the gallery of champions of the traditional Rotterdam tournament, which includes illustrious tennis names such as Arthur Ashe, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, Stefan Edberg and Roger Federer.
He succeeds as champion in the Dutch city the Russian Daniil Medvedev, runner-up at the end of January in Melbourne and who did not choose to defend his title due to foot pain.
THE UNDEFINED STILL STANDS.
🔥
This is how 🇮🇹 Sinner was crowned in #Rotterdam: he still hasn't lost in 2024. #ESPNenStarPlus pic.twitter.com/iyFoOafRke
— ESPN Tennis (@ESPNtenis) February 18, 2024
It's Sinner's time.
He has 15 consecutive victories - with a record of 12-0 in 2024 - and another 15 in ATP 500. In addition, he won 32 of the last 34 matches and reached 12 titles in his career.
Everything results in him being the new number three in the world.
Source: EFE