ATP Finals: Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz through to semi-finals
World number one Yannik Sinner continued his perfect start to the ATP Finals with a dominant win over Russian Daniil Medvedev.
In the match at home in Turin, Sinner won 6-3 6-4 and ranked first in the Ili Nastase group with three wins from three games.
Earlier, Taylor Fritz confirmed Sinner’s place in the semi-finals with a 5-7 6-4 6-3 victory over Alex de Minaur.
In return, he beat Medvedev, and the Russian needed to beat Sinner in straight sets if he wanted to advance ahead of American Fritz.
Sinner and Fritz will find out their semi-final opponents on Friday, with Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev, Kasper Ruud and Andrei Rublev all still eligible. .
“I don’t have any preference (who I play against), I will try to play the best tennis I can regardless of who is on the other side of the net,” Sinner told Sky Sports.
Top seed Sinner has yet to drop a set in Turin and will be looking to cap off an impressive end to a year in which he won his first two Grand Slam titles but also got involved one game The ongoing doping controversy.
“I’m here and I know what I’ve accomplished during the year, so I try to go out on the court with a good mentality,” Sinner said in an on-court interview.
“I have a great team around me and I have lovely people around me who support me and wish me well every day.”
The Australian and US Open champion dropped just two points in the first set as Medvedev was eliminated with 17 unforced errors.
Sinner led 5-3 after serving in the first game, and he carried the momentum into the second game, starting again.
Medvedev evened the match at 3-3, but more unforced errors cost the fourth seed dearly, and Sinner broke serve at 4-4, much to the delight of the fans.
The Italian, a seven-time ATP Tour champion in 2024, finished the match calmly to claim his 68th victory in 74 matches.
“I’m here trying to find new ways to improve as a player. I’m here trying to win as many games as possible,” Sinner added.
