Jannik Sinner claimed a commanding victory over rival Carlos Alcaraz to win the profitable Six Kings Slam in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sinner, changed as world primary by Alcaraz following the US Open in September, exacted revenge for his defeat within the New York remaining with a 6-2 6-4 win.
Together with his victory, the Italian, 24, earned a reported $6m (£4.5m) – together with $4.5m (£3.4m) in prize cash, along with a $1.5m (£1.1m) participation price.
Whereas the pair break up the 4 Grand Slam titles between them this season, Sinner was dominant from the outset towards Alcaraz, who stated his opponent was “simply too good” on Saturday.
Sinner broke Alcaraz’s serve within the opening sport and swiftly wrapped up the primary set, with the Spaniard unable to achieve a foothold towards his opponent’s scientific serving.
He would go on to win the exhibition occasion for the second consecutive yr after making the decisive breakthrough within the seventh sport of the second set.
“I want I may play like this in every single place,” Sinner stated in his on-court interview.
“This season we performed many, many instances and I additionally misplaced many instances to Carlos. It’s a large pleasure and honour to share the court docket with him.
“On the identical time, you need to get higher as a participant and also you want rivalries within the sport. So it is good to have a fantastic rivalry and extra importantly a fantastic friendship off the court docket.
“We’ve a really particular friendship and it is very good.”
