PARIS – Yannick Sinner defeated Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 7-6 (4) within the Paris Masters closing on Sunday to regain the highest spot within the males’s tennis rankings.
The four-time Grand Slam champion from Italy adopted up final Sunday’s win in Vienna along with his first title in Paris, extending his indoor successful streak to 26 video games and changing six-time main champion Carlos Alcaraz on the high.
Ninth seed Auger-Aliassime wanted to win the event at La Protection Enviornment to earn the eighth and closing spot for the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin, Italy.
“Actually, this was large. The finals right here have been very intense and we each knew what was at stake,” Sinner stated. “It is a very robust and troublesome place for him, however for me I am very glad.”
Sinner has gained three straight in opposition to Auger-Aliassime, together with within the semifinals of this yr’s US Open, and leads the Canadian with 3 wins and a pair of losses in head-to-head matches.
“He was serving very properly,” Sinner stated. “We have now to benefit from small alternatives.”
Sinner gained the primary match level with a crisp two-handed backhand down the road, tilting his head again and elevating his arms. Then he stroked his coronary heart as he swung his racket on the viewers.
“The previous few months have been nice. We labored laborious to enhance as gamers and it is nice to see outcomes like this,” Sinner stated. “It doesn’t matter what occurs in Turin, it has been an incredible yr.”
Auger-Aliassime, who gained titles this yr in Adelaide, Montpellier and Brussels, obtained a time violation warning from referee Nacho Forcader when he served at 30-30 within the ninth recreation of the second set.
