World No.1 Jannik Sinner beat Novak Djokovic in straight units to win the Shanghai Masters.
The Italian produced a dominant all-round show to higher the 24-time Grand Slam champion 7-6, 6-3 and declare his seventh title of 2024.
The 23-year-old turns into the primary man to win greater than six titles in a calendar yr since 2016, when Andy Murray received 9.
Sinner hit eight aces and 22 winners and by no means confronted a break level in the course of the one-hour and 37-minute conquer Djokovic, who was seeking to win a record-extending fifth Shanghai title.
The 37-year-old Serbian was additionally aiming for his a centesimal ATP Tour title, a milestone which solely Jimmy Connors (109) and Roger Federer (103) have reached in males’s tennis.
“It was a really robust match, clearly, taking part in towards Novak is without doubt one of the hardest challenges we have now,” mentioned Sinner in the course of the post-game trophy presentation.
“I’m very proud of how I dealt with the state of affairs. He was serving nice the primary set, I couldn’t discover a strategy to break him. I performed a very good tie-break which gave me confidence to begin off effectively within the second set.
“It’s robust to let you know a secret about [Djokovic] as a result of he doesn’t have any weaknesses.
“It’s a must to attempt to use the small probabilities that he offers you, however there usually are not many in the course of the match. He’s a legend of our sport, he’s very robust to play towards, so I’m very pleased.”
Sinner was final week assured to complete the yr because the No.1-ranked males’s tennis participant after nearest rival Carlos Alcaraz’s defeat by Tomas Machac within the quarterfinals in Shanghai.
This was Sinner’s first match win because the World Anti-Doping Company (WADA) introduced it will be interesting towards a choice to clear Sinner of duty for his two optimistic exams for a banned substance earlier in 2024.
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