The Italian Jannik Sinner received the world No. 1 trophy awarded each end of the season by the ATP, Monday in Turin on the sidelines of the second day of the Masters.
“It's a very exclusive club, there have only been twenty-nine world No. 1s in history. When I was a child, I never thought I would reach this high, but little by little, I I got there by working a lot”he declared.
“The most important thing is to have people around you with whom you feel good and in this area I was lucky”continued Sinner.
The Italian, winner of his first two Grand Slam titles (Australian Open et US Open) and a total of seven tournaments in 2024, was assured since mid-October and its qualification for the final of the Masters 1000 in Shanghai to end the year at the top of the ATP rankings. He is the first Italian to win this trophy.
The player from South Tyrol, this German-speaking region on the borders of Austria, had before the Masters more than 3,000 points ahead of his first pursuer, the German Alexander Zverev.
The Italian, winner on Sunday of his first match of the Masters ATP 2024 against the Australian Alex De Minaursucceeds the Serbian Novak Djokovic who ended the year ranked world No. 1 a record eight times.
The former German world No. 1 Boris Beckerpresent for this ceremony, assured that he “wasn't really surprised” duty Sinner at the top of the ATP rankings. “There is certainly Alcaraz and others, but Jannik will be world No. 1 for a long time”the conclusion Becker who spent twelve weeks at the top of the ATP rankings while Sinner is already at 23 weeks.
But the Italian found himself at the end of the season at the heart of a storm which could deprive him of Tennis in 2025 and beyond, and which has earned him the resentment of many players.
Testing positive for clostebol, an anabolic steroid, in March, he was cleared by the International Agency for Tennis Integrity (Itia), before being caught at the end of September by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) which made appeal and requests a suspension of one to two years.
