Sinner beats De Minaur at the ATP Finals and wins the gentlemen's derby

Turin, 10 November 2024 – Five years have flown by and samples they grew up from thatappetizer of the future. The hierarchies have remained the same: from Next Gen Atp Finals 2019 at the 2024 Masters Tournament he always wins Jannik Sinner against Alex De Minaur. 

It was their first direct confrontation, the beginning of a domination that today counts 8 victories with the latter (6-3, 6-4) in favor of the blue. 

The 'fox' and the 'demon', Jannik and Alex: with them the prototype of the correct tennis player has become flesh. Sportsmen on the court as in life, each impenetrable, rigorous. The other, a perfect little soldier devoted to a generous game. Point after point, never a complaint, more than between sportsmen it is a challenge between gentlemen. And the Australian cares little if he starts with the odds that see him guaranteed defeat. He approaches the court and immediately breaks the service of a Sinner excessively foul. 

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Cold start and the concrete of theInalpi Arena it freezes right away. Even if there are Azzurri fans like Giorgio Chiellini in the stands cheering, Jasmine Paolini, Flavio Cobolli e Lorenzo Sonego, who came to enjoy the show in his Turin. The cameras focus on them, and Sinner is evidently charged: he works on the hips De Minaur with that sharp backhand practiced all afternoon and then pierces him with the cross-court backhand, tearing the serve. The Turin arena becomes a cauldron to be the envy of a San Siro where at the same time an almost scudetto-worthy Inter-Napoli is being played. 

It's the moment when the South Tyrolean load the forehand, who explodes in all his power to start taking off on the Australian. Without taking too many risks, the world number 1 closes a first set that began with some uncertainty and then accelerated to the rhythm of a champion. 

The Aussie but he becomes a master of determination. He starts again without a fight: precise, concentrated and armed with 'new' service trajectories that annoy the Italian. At 2 all the Italian has three chances to break the opponent's service again, but the game is interrupted at length due to the illness of a spectator in the stands (apparently resolved without serious consequences). The Italian also makes himself noticed here, throwing a bottle of water among the crowd. At the restart the muscles of the 23-year-old Sesto Pusteria they seem to have cooled down, so much so that De Minaur the scores are even, but the fourth break chance is the right one to go up 3-2. 

Then it's all downhill. Jannik shifts into high gear and flies towards the final victory. He has grabbed the lead in the group named after Nastase. He will face Taylor Fritz on Wednesday to try to guarantee himself a place in the semifinals.