Jannik Sinner fights back to beat Alexander Zverev and win Vienna Open
Jannik Sinner beats Alexander Zverev to win Erste Bank Open final, sealing fourth ATP Tour title of season; Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca wins at Swiss Indoors, while Belinda Bencic and Ann Li triumph on WTA Tour; watch Paris Masters live on Sky Sports until November 2
Monday 27 October 2025 07:13, UK
Jannik Sinner fought back from losing the first set to beat Alexander Zverev in the Erste Bank Open final.
The Italian went the distance to defeat Zverev 3-6 6-3 7-5 in Vienna and seal his fourth ATP Tour title of the season.
Sinner, who also won the tournament in 2023, clinched the all-important break in the 11th game of the deciding set and clinically served out for victory in two and a half hours.
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The world No 2 became the first man to reach eight ATP finals in back-to-back seasons since Novak Djokovic in 2015/16 when beating Alex de Minaur in the last four.
The Italian was broken for just the third time in the tournament as Zverev opened up a 5-1 lead in the opening set on his way to taking it 6-3 in 47 minutes.
But Sinner hit straight back in the second, breaking Zverev to move 3-0 up and going on to win it 6-3 and level the match.
Zverev saved two break points in the fifth game in the decider to lead 3-2, but was decisively broken in the 11th to trail 6-5 and Sinner ruthlessly served out for the title by winning his next service game to love.
Fonseca, Bencic and Li claim titles
Elsewhere, Joao Fonseca, 19, became the third-youngest ATP 500 champion in the series' history and the first Brazilian to win a title above ATP 250-level since Gustavo Kuerten in 2001 as he defeated Alejandro Davidovich 6-3 6-4 at the Swiss Indoors.
Fonseca, who will now rise to a career-high No 28 in the rankings, revealed his parents saw his victory after a late change of travel plans.
The youngster said: "My parents have just arrived from Brazil. They were going to Paris [for the Paris Masters next week], but they changed their flights.
"They arrived an hour before the match, with my uncles. It's incredible to have them here for the most important title of my career."
Fonseca's title is his second of the year, having won the Argentina Open 250 in February.
On the WTA Tour, Belinda Bencic claimed her 10th career title - and second since becoming a mother - as she beat Linda Noskova 6-2 6-3 in the Pan Pacific Open final.
Bencic, beaten in the final of this event a decade ago by Agnieszka Radwanska, broke Noskova's serve three times on the way to victory in one hour and 22 minutes.
Plus, at the Guangzhou Open, Ann Li snapped a run of three consecutive defeats in WTA finals to defeat Lulu Sun 7-6 (8-6) 6-2.
It was the American's first title since at the level since the Tenerife Ladies Open in 2021.
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