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11/15 10:08 CST Jannik Sinner beats Alex de Minaur to reach ATP Finals
championship match
Jannik Sinner beats Alex de Minaur to reach ATP Finals championship match
TURIN, Italy (AP) --- Jannik Sinner has done his part. Now it's up to Carlos
Alcaraz to win one more match and set up another important final against his
biggest rival.
Sinner beat Alex de Minaur 7-5, 6-2 on Saturday --- improving to 13-0 against
the Australian --- to reach the championship match of the ATP Finals before his
home fans.
The second-ranked Sinner is aiming to retain his title in the season-ending
tournament for the year's top eight players. In Sunday's final, Sinner will
face Alcaraz or Felix Auger-Aliassime, who were playing later.
Alcaraz already secured the year-ending No. 1 ranking but is seeking to reach
his first final at this event.
Sinner and Alcaraz have met in the last three Grand Slam finals: Alcaraz beat
Sinner in a fifth-set tiebreaker to win the French Open; Sinner gained a
measure of revenge by beating Alcaraz for the Wimbledon trophy; then Alcaraz
again came out on top at the U.S. Open.
Sinner also won the Australian Open --- beating Alexander Zverev in the final
--- so he and Alcaraz each won two majors this year.
It's the third consecutive final in Turin for Sinner, who hasn't dropped a set
at finals since getting beat by Novak Djokovic in the 2023 championship match
--- a run of 18 consecutive sets.
Sinner saved three break points in his opening service game after falling
behind 0-40 and then finally managed to break De Minaur for a 6-5 advantage
before serving the set out.
The second set was never really in question, as Sinner jumped out to a 4-0 lead.
"I was happy with how I served and with how I reacted in the important
moments," Sinner said.
Sinner extended his winning streak on indoor hard courts to 31 matches --- also
stretching back to that 2023 final against Djokovic. He hasn't dropped his
serve this week.
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