Before the Italian could respond during an on-court interview, fans started singing his name so loudly that all he could do was step back, smile and say, \u201cGrazie".<\/p>\n
READ MORE:<\/strong> Knights fuming after gun recruit's secret revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \ufeffTHE MOLE:<\/strong> 'Major concern' unveiled in Bulldogs' signing spree<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \ufeffREAD MORE:<\/strong> Marsh's moving tribute to late grandfather\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThe feeling is this,\u201d Sinner said. \u201cKind of a football stadium. Also with the roof closed, it\u2019s a little bit louder. It\u2019s nice. It means that the people, they really care about me.\u201d<\/p>\n Under an enormous spotlight as the poster boy for the tournament, Sinner didn\u2019t show any nerves at the season-ending event for the year\u2019s top eight players.<\/p>\n Supported by chants of \u201cVai Jannik\u201d ("Go Jannik") and signs that read \u201cFacci Sognare\u201d ("Let us dream"), Sinner gave the fans exactly what they came for with his blistering baseline shots and strong serve.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old Sinner is finishing up a year in which he has claimed four titles including his first Masters 1000 trophy and is up to a career-high No.4 in the rankings \u2014 the first Italian to climb that high since Adriano Panatta nearly a half-century ago.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/janniksin\/status\/1723750106501984631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n Sinner even showed off some of his newfound touch when he produced a backhand topspin lob winner while on the run early in the second set.<\/p>\n Then on his first match point, Sinner spun an ace out wide on the deuce court to finish the match off in one hour and 25 minutes.<\/p>\n It was Sinner's tour-leading 14th win indoors this year \u2014 against just one loss.<\/p>\n \u201cThe match went really, really well and the crowd support was crazy,\u201d Sinner said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt's not just about improvement, it's about destinations and the destination I wanted to reach this year was to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/josemorgado\/status\/1723719477936734429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n Sinner served nine aces to Tsitsipas\u2019 six amid fast conditions inside the Pala Alpitour and didn\u2019t face a single break point the entire match.<\/p>\n \u201cHe definitely has improved his serve, and he showed it today,\u201d Tsitsipas said post-match.<\/p>\n \u201cThere wasn\u2019t much I could do. I was trying to guess sometimes. He serves really close to the lines, to the corners … I\u2019m not Elastigirl from [the Incredibles] to be behind these balls.\u201d<\/p>\n Tsitsipas, the 2019 champion, had cut short a practice session on Friday due to an apparent physical issue but said he was \u201cabsolutely fine".<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cOl\u00e9, Ol\u00e9, Ol\u00e9 Ol\u00e9, Sin-ner, Sin-ner.\u201d The way the crowd serenaded Jannik Sinner after his brisk 6-4 6-4 win over Stefanos Tsitsipas in the opening […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=346092"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346098,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346092\/revisions\/346098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/346095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=346092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=346092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=346092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n