Jannik Sinner backed up his Australian Open triumph with another title; the top seed beat Alex de Minaur 7-5 6-4 in Rotterdam; watch Andy Murray begin his Qatar Open campaign live on Sky Sports Tennis on Tuesday
Sunday 18 February 2024 22:05, UK
Jannik Sinner continued his perfect start to 2024 by beating Alex de Minaur in straight sets to win the ABN Amro Open in Rotterdam.
The top-seeded Italian, playing in his second successive Rotterdam final, struck at key moments in a competitive contest to seal a 7-5 6-4 win that took just beyond two hours.
Including the run that took him to his maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January, Sinner has now won 15 successive tour-level matches.
Sinner hit 23 winners and prevailed despite wasting a break advantage in both sets.
"I am really proud with the level that I played throughout this whole week," Sinner said.
"We have been in tough situations but we handled it the right way. We will always try to improve, it is the most important."
The 22-year-old will move up to No 3 in the world rankings on Monday, which will be the highest position ever occupied by an Italian man.
Sinner extended his perfect record against De Minaur to 7-0, but the Australian will also move up to a career-high ranking of No 9 on Monday.
Facundo Diaz Acosta defeated Nicolas Jarry in straight sets in Buenos Aires to win the Argentina Open on Sunday.
Jarry could not maintain the form that had seen him upset Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-final, while Diaz Acosta shrugged of the pressure of competing in his first ATP Tour final in front of his home crowd to record a 6-3 6-4 victory.
Jarry made Diaz Acosta work hard to hold serve in the first game of the match, but the Argentine surged on from there. He got the first break in the fourth game and, with errors littering Jarry's game, won the first set.
Diaz Acosta sliced a return of serve out of the air that sailed past Jarry to earn the Argentine a break in the first game of the second set.
However Jarry's resistance got more and more determined. He prevented Diaz Acosta from capitalising on a sequence of championship points in the 10th game of the second set. Jarry had his opponent under pressure with a break point of his own.
But Diaz Acosta would not be denied. In a long rally, with Diaz Acosta on his sixth championship point, Jarry struck the ball too long and the local favourite won the title.
Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul, meanwhile, will have to wait a bit longer to determine the winner of the Delray Beach Open in Florida after rain forced organisers to postpone Sunday's final between the respective first and third seeds until Monday.
Fritz is the defending champion at the Delray Beach Open, while fellow American Paul is on a seven-match winning streak.
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