The schedule-makers know how one can make the house crowd blissful: give Jannik Sinner the primary match on the 2023 Nitto ATP Finals.
That would be the case when Sinner takes the courtroom on Sunday afternoon in Turin, Italy to kick off the year-end championship. It begins with a Inexperienced Group round-robin showdown towards Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The Greek leads the head-to-head sequence 5-2, however a lot of that success got here when he was already in his prime and Sinner was not. Issues have begun to show round in 2023, as Tsitsipas wanted 5 units to get the job achieved on the Australian Open after which Sinner cruised 6-4, 6-3 of their most up-to-date assembly on the indoor exhausting courts of Rotterdam.
Sinner ought to as soon as once more have the sting on Sunday. He’s coming down the stretch of an incredible 2023 marketing campaign that has him as much as fourth within the rankings. The 22-year-old’s highlights embody his first Masters 1000 title in Toronto plus three different winner’s trophies in Montpellier, Beijing, and Vienna. His season report is 57-14, together with 13-1 because the finish of the U.S. Open.
It has been extra of a roller-coaster journey for Tsitsipas in 2023. The 25-year-old began sizzling with a ultimate look on the Australian Open however the second half was a battle after the conclusion of clay. Tsitsipas has lastly turned issues again round with semifinal showings in his final three tournaments, however losses to Arthur Fils (Antwerp), Daniil Medvedev (Vienna), and Grigor Dimitrov (Paris) have been slightly disappointing.
Primarily based on present type and home-court benefit, Sinner will doubtless have the sting on this one.
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