No. 1 Jannik Sinner defeats Taylor Fritz to win 2024 US Open - ESPN

08.09.2024 - 21:50 espn.com

NEW YORK — Jannik Sinner beat Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 with a relentless baseline game to win the US Open men's singles championship Sunday, less than three weeks after being exonerated in a doping case.

The No. 1-ranked Sinner, a 23-year-old from Italy, won the second Grand Slam trophy of his nascent career — the other was at the Australian Open in January — and prevented No.

12 Fritz from ending a major title drought for American men that has lasted 21 years. Sinner is the fourth different man to win both the Australian Open and US Open in the same year since 1988, when the Australian major transitioned from grass to hard court.

With Aryna Sabalenka having swept both the Australian Open and US Open, too, it's the first time that the same man and the same woman won both hard-court majors in the same year since 1988 (Mats Wilander and Steffi Graf did so that year).

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A tearful Jannik Sinner dedicated his US Open title victory on Sunday to his aunt, who he revealed is battling serious ill health, admitting: "I don't know how much longer I will have her in my life". World number one Sinner, 23, clinched his second Grand Slam title of the season when he swept aside Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 before fighting back tears on the trophy podium. "I love tennis, I practice a lot for these stages but I realise that there is also a life away from the tennis courts and I would like to dedicate this to my aunt who is not feeling well," said Sinner.

Jannik Sinner Sweeps To US Open Title For Second Grand Slam Triumph

Jannik Sinner won his second Grand Slam title of 2024 on Sunday when he swept aside Taylor Fritz in the US Open final, shattering American hopes of a first male champion at the majors in 21 years. World number one Sinner, who won his maiden Slam at the Australian Open in January, became the first Italian man to triumph in New York with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 victory. For 23-year-old Sinner, it was a 55th match win of the season and sixth title. After his 21-year-old rival Carlos Alcaraz pocketed the French Open and Wimbledon titles to take his majors collection to four, the two men have cemented their places as the powerhouses of tennis's new era.

"Let Lot Of People Down": Taylor Fritz After Losing US Open Final

Taylor Fritz believes he "let a lot of people down" after failing in his dream to become the first American man in 21 years to capture a Grand Slam title. Fritz was outclassed by world number one Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 in Sunday's US Open final. Andy Roddick, in New York in 2003, remains the last US man to win a Grand Slam title. "I'm pretty upset with how I played. I feel like I almost let a lot of people down," admitted the 26-year-old Fritz.

Jannik Sinner tops Taylor Fritz in straight sets to win US Open

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