Jannik Sinner produced a brutal display of baseline power as he became the first Italian man to win the US Open title with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 win over American Taylor Fritz in the final on Sunday.
Sinner held aloft his arms in celebration after breaking Fritz to clinch the title and cheers rang around Arthur Ashe Stadium, even though home fans had hoped to see Fritz end a 21-year US men’s Grand Slam drought. Sinner was under a cloud of controversy at the start of the tournament after revelations that he tested positive twice for an anabolic agent in March but avoided a ban.
An independent tribunal accepted his claim that the positive tests were the result of an unintentional contamination.