Jannik Sinner defeats Frances Tiafoe in two sets in the final of the Cincinnati Masters 1000 and wins his fifth trophy of the season . The South Tyrolean takes one set to break the American's resistance, in the second he runs riot and wins with a score of 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 in one hour and 36 minutes of play.
With the victory in Ohio, the world number 1 lifts his third 1000 of his career after those in Toronto and Miami. It is the fifteenth trophy ever won by the Italian tennis player , who consolidates his first position in the ranking and arrives at the US Open with over 2 thousand points of advantage over Djokovic, Alcaraz and Zverev who follow him in the ATP ranking.
“I’m happy, it was a very difficult week,” Sinner said. “It was tough mentally, but I tried to do my best. Frances and I were both tired from the semifinals and there was a lot of tension. I’m just happy that I maintained my level in the important moments. I managed the situations on the court well. There were a lot of ups and downs,” the South Tyrolean concluded, “but that’s normal. In the important moments of every match I played well.”
Sinner helped himself with 13 aces and 29 service winners . After a very hard-fought first set, which Sinner took home with four points in a row when he was down 4-3 in the tiebreak, the Italian easily won the second set against a tired Tiafoe, who, while congratulating Sinner, said: «I'm not used to playing so many matches like you greats».
(Unioneonline/L)
