Italy’s Jannik Sinner was in complete control Sunday, winning the U.S. Open men’s singles title with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 victory over the United States’ Taylor Fritz in New York.
It was Sinner’s second Grand Slam title of the year after taking the Australian Open in January, while also extending the United States’ drought in Grand Slam events.
The last American man to win a major title was Andy Roddick in the 2003 U.S. Open. Before Fritz, the last to play in a Grand Slam final was Roddick in 2009 against Roger Federer at Wimbledon.
Fritz was in his first Grand Slam final after he advanced past the quarterfinals for the first time. He defeated fellow American Frances Tiafoe in the semifinals.
Sinner has now won 11 consecutive matches and is 55-5 in 2024 with six tournament titles.
In addition to winning the first two Grand Slam titles of his career this year, Sinner also reached the semifinals at the French Open. He was a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2023.
Sinner set the tone early when he broke Fritz’s serve on the opening game of the match. Fritz got even, though, when he broke back at 2-2. But Sinner had another break to take a 4-3 lead and then won the opening set on another break of serve.
Sinner broke Fritz’s serve again to finish off the second set.
Fritz made his push in the third set, breaking Sinner’s serve to take a 4-3 lead. But Fritz broke back to even the match 5-5 and once more broke Fritz to finish off the third set and take the championship.
Fritz had 10 aces to six for Sinner, but the champion won 88 percent of his first-service points to 68 percent for his opponent. Sinner also saved five of seven break points.
–Field Level Media
