TORINO – Jannik Sinner dominates his semifinal match against Casper Ruud and returns for the second consecutive year to the final of the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin where he will face Taylor Fritz. The world number 1 won again in two sets, defeating the Norwegian with a score of 6-1, 6-2 in 68 minutes.
The Italian tennis player immediately takes the reins of the 1st set with a partial of 12 points to 3 to go 3-0, saves two break points in the 5th game (also thanks to a bad error from Ruud) and never turns again to close even 6-1 in 30 minutes! In the 2nd set Ruud fights as best he can but in the 5th game, after saving 3 break points, he is forced to raise the white flag.
Sinner: “I was good mentally on 15-40”
The hot words of the world number 1 in the post-match: “It's very special to play here for me, it's a very important tournament. Last year we lost in the final, this year we're going again, let's try again to do better than we did last year. Regardless of tomorrow's result it was once again a week full of emotions, full of beautiful moments, so thank you all so much, it really means a lot to me – he adds – I'm just trying to play 100% on any given day and I can't control the outcome, I can only control how I'm on the pitch, how much energy I can use from all of you. The rest of this sport is very unpredictable, so I think today was a match that couldn't have been complicated, because in any case I was up with a 15-40 break, if I lose that game then maybe the moment can change the match. Instead I was good at staying there mentally, then in the second I tried to raise the level which I managed and so I'm very happy“.
