Playing at home, the 23-year-old young man from Transalpine dominated the meeting with Australian Alex de Minaur, with scores of 6-3 and 6-4, and, after one hour and 25 minutes, recorded his first win in the group. stage for the 2024 edition of the ATP Finals.
After prevailing for the eighth time in his career against De Minaur, number nine in the ATP rankings who entered the tournament only after the withdrawal of Serbian Novak Djkovic, Jannik Sinner achieved his 66th win of the season.
Taylor Fritz, ranked fifth in the world ranking, opened this year’s edition of the tournament with a victory against Russian Daniil Medvedev, world number one and 2020 ATP Finals champion, in London, in two sets, decided 6 to 4 and 6-3.
Returning to the tournament after two years, after being a semi-finalist in 2022, the American, who was runner-up at the US Open, took his 50th win of the season in the clash with the 27-year-old Moscow, that ended up. suffering a penalty point in the second tier for inappropriate behaviour.
Fritz will next face Sinner on Tuesday, the day the first player from the Ilie Nastase Group to qualify for the semi-finals will be decided, as Alex de Minaur faces Daniil Medvedev as his opponent.