Paris Masters: Jannik Sinner beats Felix Auger-Aliassime to claim title and regain world No 1 ranking

[ad_1] Jannik Sinner has regained his world No 1 standing after successful the Paris Masters title.

The Italian was displaced on the summit of the rankings after his US Open closing defeat by Carlos Alcaraz in September, however went again above the Spaniard after beating Felix Auger-Aliassime within the French capital closing.

With Alcaraz an early casualty, overwhelmed by Briton Cameron Norrie, Sinner was favorite to triumph by the Seine and coasted to a 6-4 7-6 (7-4) victory over the Canadian.

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He additionally maintained his dominance on an indoor courtroom, extending his successful streak to 26 video games over a close to two-year interval.

He was in management early in opposition to Auger-Aliassime, who nonetheless harbours hopes of qualifying for the ATP Tour finals later this month, and by no means relinquished it.

An early break within the first set was sufficient for him to take the lead and he regularly had Auger-Aliassime on the again foot within the second.

It needed to be determined by a tiebreak, which Sinner received to grow to be champion.

"It's enormous, it was such an intense closing, we each knew what's on the road," he stated in his on-court interview.

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"From my facet I'm extraordinarily completely satisfied, the previous couple of months has been superb, we now have tried to work on issues, enhance as a participant and seeing these sorts of outcomes makes me extremely completely satisfied.

"One other title, it has been a tremendous 12 months, it doesn't matter what is available in Turin."

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