17. This is the number of consecutive successes that Jannik Sinner has just scored. The Italian, a man in good form at the start of the season on the ATP circuit, won with difficulty in the final of the very tough ATP 500 in Rotterdam.
At the end of a tight first set, the fourth player in the world broke on the Australian’s final service game (6-5), thus giving him the first set after 64 minutes of combat.
In the second set, the Australian fought for a long time before breaking down twice on his serve. As in the first set, he was trailing by a break but managed to win Jannik Sinner’s service game, before being broken again. He finally lost 7-5, 6-4 after 2h06 of fighting. His sixth defeat in six matches against the Italian.
For his part, Jannik Sinner won his twelfth title on the ATP circuit, at only 22 years old. It is also for him a fifth title in his last eight tournaments played since the ATP 500 in Beijing in September-October 2023. He will overtake Daniil Medvedev, who beat him in the final of this same tournament in 2023, in the ATP rankings. this Monday, and will thus become third in the world rankings, behind Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. His best career ranking.
