SHANGHAI. Jannik Sinner in the final at the “Rolex Shanghai Masters“, ATP 1000 staged on the hard court of the economic capital of China with a total prize money of 10,298,535 dollars. The world number 1, who beat the Czech in the semi-final Tomas Machac30th seed, with a score of 6-4, 7-5, in 1 hour and 42 minutes of match, will play against the winner of the other semi-final between the Serbian Novak Djokovic. The Serbian beat the American Taylor Fritz by 2-0.
In the meantime, the South Tyrolean had the confirmation of finishing as No.1: “It’s a good feeling and I’m very happy to have succeeded. It’s been a fantastic season for me but it’s not over yet. A great final awaits me tomorrow , the first one here in Shanghai, and I can’t wait to play it. We really hope it will be a good match. Becoming world No. 1 was a dream for me, but also being No. 1 at the end of the season is a different feeling and also during tournaments it’s a little different and that’s why I try to stay focused on tomorrow.”
“I certainly didn’t imagine having a season like this, you can never predict the future – he added – I always try to improve as a player but then it also depends on how you start the season. If you start it well like what happened to me in Australia we get a lot more confidence from it for the rest of the year.”
“I am proud to be ItalianI try to give something back to the fans who have given me so much love and I’m happy to find myself in this position – added Sinner – But it’s not just me, we are many excellent players: we are in the top100, in the top200, it’s wonderful to see the tennis grow so much and we hope it can grow even more.”