Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz face off at Turin to close the 2024 season. Taylor Fritz is solid on his serve and he has just won two easy points with his serve. He responds to the world number 1 (2-1). While Fritz conceded two points on his serve, Sinner has not conceded any. The tone is set (1-1). Fritz has just pocketed the first game of the match, thus keeping his serve (1-0). The match has just started and Fritz has won his first point with an ace. Taylor Fritz and Jannik Sinner are currently warming up. The American will start the service. The Brazilian referee, Carlos Bernardes will be on the chair. It is his last as an official. First Taylor Fritz, then Jannik Sinner, entered the Turin court. A standing ovation was given to the world number 1, at home. Taylor Fritz became the first American player since James Blake in 2006 to join the Masters final. Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz will be entering the court in 5 minutes. Since his victory over Rafael Nadal in the Indian Wells final in 2022, Taylor Fritz has not won such big titles. Nevertheless, the American has this year obtained the best ranking of his career by entering the world top 5. He has also managed to play a Major final. It was at home at the US Open. This time, he is in the final of the ATP Finals, a very prestigious competition that brings together the eight best players of the year. A victory could perhaps propel him higher next season! Jannik Sinner has achieved "a third party" as described by Set and Math Game on Instagram. The Italian has indeed achieved something that is uncommon in the world of tennis. The world number 1 has managed to qualify for the three finals of the three major hard-court tournaments, namely the Australian Open, the US Open and the Masters. He has already won the first two tournaments mentioned. In total, this year, Jannik Sinner has lost 6 times for a total of 70 wins. That's not much. But the current world number 1 has a mind-blowing winning percentage that reminds us of the great days of Djokovic, Nadal or Federer. Since August 2024, the Italian has only tasted defeat against Andrey Rublev in Montreal and against his rival Carlos Alcaraz in the Beijing final. Over this period, this represents two defeats and above all, 31 victories. The year 2024 will have been that of Jannik Sinner. The Italian won two Grand Slams out of four that he shared with Carlos Alcaraz. The native of San Candido won the Australian Open at the start of the season and then the US Open last September. He also added the Rotterdam and Halle cups and three Masters 1000s (Miami, Cincinnati and Shanghai) to his trophy cabinet. In total, he has won 7 titles. He could have an 8th in a few hours with the ATP Finals. Jannik Sinner has especially become the world number 1 at the end of this gigantic season! Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz will play each other in their careers for the 5th time. The Italian leads 3-1 in the direct confrontations. The first duel between the two men had turned to the advantage of the world number 5. But that dates back to Indian Wells 2021 (6/4 6/3 victory). Since then, the Californian has not managed to beat the world number 1, first defeated at Indian Wells in 2023 6/4 4/6 6/4 then in the final of the US Open this year (6/3 6/4 7/5) and during this ATP Finals (6/4 6/4). In this ATP Finals, Taylor Fritz fought harder and the American even conceded a defeat in Group A against a certain Jannik Sinner. However, he managed to surpass Alexander Zverev in the semi-final, who was nevertheless in good shape after having won the Rolex Paris Masters trophy a few days earlier. His journey: READ MORE
18:22 – Fritz serves very well
18:20 – Sinner white game
18:17 – First game, first set Fritz
18:15 – Let's go!
18:11 – Players warming up
18:09 – Carlos Bernardes is the referee of the match
18:07 – The players make their entrance
17:59 – Fritz ends an 18-year drought!
17:57 – Players are about to enter the court
17:50 – Fritz has also reached a milestone in 2024!
17:45 – Sinner achieves a very nice “tierc”!
17:40 – Since Wimbledon, Sinner has only lost twice..
17:30 – Sinner has taken on another dimension in 2024!
17:22 – The Sinner-Fritz face-off
17:15 – Fritz's journey
ATP Finals. Sinner – Fritz: the last duel of the season, follow the match live!
ByTeilor Stone
Nov 17, 2024
By Teilor Stone
Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116