Jannik Sinner clinched his first Masters 1000 title on Sunday in Toronto, finally lifting a notable title. The 21-year-old played his third Masters 1000 final and toppled Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-1 in an hour and 29 minutes. World no.
1 Carlos Alcaraz congratulated his rival on the career-best title, calling it well-deserved. Carlos and Jannik should have played in the semi-final, but it was not to be following the Spaniard’s quarter-final loss to Tommy Paul.
Sinner ousted Paul in the semi-final and played even better against de Minaur to emerge at the top, lifting the trophy and entering the top-6. Alex stood no chance against Jannik following a terrible serving performance. The Aussie served at 53% and dropped 57% of the points in his games, barely hitting service winners and having to work hard in the exchanges.
Jannik converted five out of ten break opportunities, rattling off eight of the final nine games and controlling the pace despite serving at 50%. The Italian held at 15 in the encounter’s first game after forcing the rival’s mistake.
Jannik Sinner secured his first Masters 1000 crown in Toronto.
Sinner attacked in the second game and caused de Minaur’s error, breaking at 15 and forging an early advantage.
Alex broke back in the third game after an extended exchange before holding at 30 a few minutes later to level the score at 2-2. The Aussie squandered a game point at 2-3 and got broken after the Italian’s perfect lob winner.
De Minaur forced Sinner’s mistake in the seventh game, pulling the break back for the second time and returning to the positive side. The Aussie worked hard in the eighth game, defending a couple of break points and holding for 4-4.
Jannik left those chances behind and held at 15 in game nine, sending the pressure to the other side.The Italian created three set points on the return in the next one after the rival’s mistake at the net. Jannik seized the first after a deep backhand to wrap up the opener 6-4 in 53 minutes.
De Minaur held from 30-0 down in the second set’s second game but failed to repeat that at 1-2. He netted a routine backhand to experience a break and fall 3-1 behind. Jannik grabbed the fifth game at 30 to cement the advantage and move closer to the finish line and the trophy.
His victory became inevitable following another break in game six, drawing the opponent’s mistake and serving for the career-best title. Sinner created two match points with a service winner and seized the second after de Minaur’s loose forehand to emerge at the top.
