Forget winning a match against Jannik Sinner right now—it would be an accomplishment for someone to win even a single set from him.
The seemingly invincible Italian won his 11th and 12th consecutive sets on Tuesday in Turin to defeat Taylor Fritz at the ATP Finals, 6-4, 6-4. With Daniil Medvedev’s two-set win over Alex de Minaur earlier in the day, Sinner has not secured a spot in the semifinals despite a 2-0 round-robin record, but he’s in prime position to do so. He’ll face Medvedev, who lost to Fritz in his opener, this Thursday.
The Russian will look to Carlos Alcaraz for inspiration; he was the last player to win a set from Sinner that didn’t come in a tiebreaker, more than eight matches ago.
It appeared that the first set was headed to tennis’ overtime session after Fritz fought off three break points to hold for 4-4. But a relentless Sinner made the American pay for anything but perfection two games later, and broke for the set win.
