Melbourne 1 (Great Ocean Road Open), Washington (Citi Open), Sofia Open and Antwerp: there are four! Jannik Sinner also wins the European Open 2021 in the Belgian city and becomes the first Italian to win four tournaments in the same year.
The climb to the top 10 continues unabated and with it the race to the ATP Finals in Turin: with Matteo Berrettini already sure of the place, there is the South Tyrolean who can still hope, trying to collect as many points as possible in the coming weeks, starting from the Vienna tournament that is about to begin.
Meanwhile, in Antwerp he does his duty and, at the end of a perfect week, raises the trophy to the sky, the second of the month after the one in Bulgaria. To surrender in the final, the Argentine obstinate Diego Schwartzmann, one who often knows how to put in difficulty even those who are ahead of him in the standings.
But against the power of the blue player, not even the South American could do anything and had to surrender in two sets with a net 26 26. South American who paid him the right honors after the match, recalling how the Italian played "in an incredible way" , so as not to give any opportunity to the opponent. "I think you will win many, many other career titles," says Schwartzmann.
As already mentioned, it is the fourth title of the season for Sinner. Until now no Italian had managed to do so. Not even Matteo Berrettini who for two years has now been stable in the world top ten and who this year even reached the final at Wimbledon.
To the numbers of the twenty-year-old Sinner must also be added the non-victories, but the weight performances, such as the final obtained at the Masters 1000 in Miami and lost against the Pole Hurkacz, one of his main contenders in the Finals.
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