TURIN: Jannik Sinner defeated Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-1 to become the first Italian man to reach the summit clash at the ATP Finals, in front of his home crowd in Turin on Saturday.
The 22-year-old Sinner, who topped the group stage with three wins in three matches, defeated 2020 champion Medvedev in two hours 29 minutes. After six consecutive losses, it is third victory on the trot for World No. 4 Sinner in his rivalry with World No. 3 Medvedev.
Sinner awaits the winner of the second semifinal between World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz.
India’s Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden suffered a straight-sets defeat in the semifinals of the ATP Finals men’s doubles event on Saturday.
Bopanna-Ebden pair lost 5-7, 4-6 to the Spanish-Argentine pair of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in the final-four clash which lasted 80 minutes. Agencies
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