For the sick aunt: Sinner wins the US Open

The Italian impressively lived up to his role as favourite in New York.

Jannik Sinner remained completely cool in the moment of triumph, he smiled, took a deep breath – and then raised his arms to the sky: Despite all the doping fuss, the 23-year-old Italian has declared himself the king of new York and celebrated his second Grand Slam title after his triumph in Melbourne in January. The World number one from South Tyrol won in a one-sided final of the US Open with 6:3, 6:4, 7:5 against local hero Taylor Fritz and impressively underlined his dominance at the top of the tennis world.

“This title means so much to me. The last phase of my career was not easy,” said Sinner, the title of his ailing aunt dedicated: “I love tennis. I train a lot for these games. But I also know that there is a life waiting for me off the pitch,” said Sinner. His greatest wish is “the best health for everyone.” Unfortunately, that is not possible.

Meanwhile, Fritz missed out on becoming the first American since Andy Roddick 2003 in front of his home crowd. He will receive 1.8 million US dollars in prize money and will be in the top ten of the World rankingThe 26-year-old still has to wait for his first major title. “It was an incredible two weeks. Jannik played a great match,” said Fritz, before turning to the fans: “You’ve been waiting a long time for a champion. Sorry that I didn’t make it this time. But I’ll keep working.”

Sinner, however, was the first fourth man to Mats Wilander, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer the hard court double blow with victories in new York and Melbourne within a calendar year. Sinner is unbeaten in eleven matches on the tour. Before the last Grand Slam titles of the year, the 23-year-old also triumphed at the dress rehearsal in Cincinnati.

He added another chapter of success to his impressive and turbulent history this year. Together with Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz He is considered the future of the sport, even though the positive doping tests that became public shortly before the start of the tournament caused turmoil in the tennis scene.

Sinner had tested positive twice for the banned steroid Clostebol in March. He only managed to avoid a long ban after he was able to demonstrate that he had been innocently contaminated by his physiotherapist. new York Sinner obviously had to struggle with the hustle and bustle, especially at the beginning – but after convincing performances he took the crown.

One day after the triumph of Aryna Sabalenka For women it was huge Arthur Ashe Stadium in the USTA Billie Jean King National tennis Center was once again full, most of the 24,000 spectators cheered on their local hero Fritz. The quarter-final conqueror of Germany’s number one Alexander Zverev had shown himself confident beforehand and expressed the “feeling” that he would “play very well and win”.

In the biggest game of his career so far, Fritz was nervous and made mistakes at the beginning. In front of stars like Taylor SwiftSuper Bowl Champion Patrick Mahomes and Tesla boss Elon Musk The American got involved in many baseline duels with Sinner, in which the Italian had a clear advantage. Fritz managed to get back a first break, but then Sinner turned it around and took the first set after 41 minutes.

Sinner continued to play with concentration and practically without mistakes, Fritz improved on his own serve – but showed nerves and conceded the decisive break to make it 4:6. Sinner then allowed himself a small weak phase in the middle of the third set – but still stormed to his second major title in impressive fashion.