ATP Finals 2024: Nothing and no one can beat maestro Jannik Sinner | Tennis | Sport

Clostebol aside, there is perhaps no more accurate description than that written by Paolo Bertolucci in La Gazetta dello Sportwhere the former tennis player, who won six titles for his country in the seventies, at the age of 73, won the title before this last master final in Turin: “Sinner e il potere di avere tuto soto controllo” That is Yannick and the ability to keep everything under control. What if the champion has it, for whom winning has become a habit and who, this Sunday, falling into a trance, sharpening his eyes under his visor and pouring more and more coal into the rope, dynamite in fact, takes control of the prestigious trophy , crowning a simply majestic season, with eight titles (two of them big), 70 triumphs and, unfortunately, those who follow him and support him, his devotees, who mourn the shame of the positivity found in Indian Wells. But today he celebrates: a 6-4 double (in 1 hour 24 minutes) against Taylor Fritz, again bowing to the evidence. Right now, Sinner is a cyclone.

The first number did not miss a single set at the end of the tournament and trains in the same imperial way, hitting very hard from the baseline and causing dizziness in the American, who tries to respond with a blow and ends up stepping on a banana peel. We know that good old Taylor has evolved, and now we may have to take him into account more in the face of big competition – because there’s this finalissima in Turin and two months ago in New York – and that his rise to fourth place confirms a worthy and well-deserved ascension, but it is also known that Sinner is taking on the face of an ogre and that he is about to unseat him from the top, or so they say events will be more than difficult. Apparently, there is a leader for some time. He’s been at the top for five months now and next season will start with him as the man to beat, with Carlos Alcaraz to follow.

If the Murcian, brilliant as he is, is all about sparks, the redhead is an exercise in linearity and precision, a constant in recent tournament seasons. He progresses and progresses, gets bigger and bigger, and at 23, he too is starting to take unusual shapes, despite all the waves he’s been dragging because of the massage episode: a cut on the physiotherapist’s hand, a massage without gloves. and, as a consequence, pollution – fencing. Acquitted from the outset, a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appeal has left the case in limbo pending a verdict, while he is determined to continue winning and destroying opponents. He is now taking revenge at home, after Novak Djokovic deprived him of his prize a year ago, but now there is no other dictate except his. Undeniable on all four sides.

Fritz is eager to redeem himself after the US Open final episode in September, then he has no other choice, but the North American knows that everything is quite complicated and that the stars must align for him to have any chance; He improved his forehand, but not to that extent. From the stands as the fight progresses, the task is to check when the pitcher will fall into the fountain and the local tennis player will hit first. break. He squeezes and squeezes the idol in the orange atmosphere of the stands, many wigs imitating curly hair, and finally in the seventh game there is a break. Hence the Sinner in a Tailspin and the adversary in torment, resilient but aware that he can no longer afford another concession, with all the pressure that entails, because otherwise the story will end too quickly.

It doesn’t matter if he scratches the ball and tries to find a tickle there. There is no way, there are no cracks today. On the other hand, Sinner’s shots gain more speed, better direction and more weight, which usually means that a train is approaching, that another break is approaching, obtained in the fifth game of the second set. Inalpi Arena chants to its player: “Ole, ole, oleee, oleee, Sinneeee, Sinneeee!” Italy celebrates, the protagonist ends a brilliant season, and a barbaric fact is revealed: since 1986, when a robot named Ivan Lendl devoured everything in his path, no master has managed to be crowned without delivering a single set. But there is Yannick, another extraordinary automaton, that celebration of control that Bertolucci writes about; the one who signed 17 victories over top 10

this year there are five more than in Alcaraz. Stronger with the strong than anyone else, Sinner destroys while Turin cheers him on in style. Triumphs and new triumphs for him, waiting for the final verdict on Clostebol.