Jannik Sinner serves against Alex De Minaur at the ATP Finals tennis tournament in Turin. (AFP pic)
TURIN: Jannik Sinner continued his mastery over Alex de Minaur on Saturday with a straight-sets win to reach the ATP Finals championship match for the third year in a row.
Sinner broke late in the first set and then pulled away from De Minaur to complete a 7-5, 6-2 win — his 13th in as many meetings with the Australian.
The Italian world number two has yet to drop a service game en route to the final. He will try to defend his title on Sunday against top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz or Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Sinner has won his last 18 sets played in Turin, where he beat Taylor Fritz in last year’s final. The four-time Grand Slam champion is on a 30-match winning streak on indoor hard courts.
The 24-year-old Sinner hasn’t dropped a set at the ATP Finals since losing the 2023 final to Novak Djokovic.
