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 payment.
Whereas the pair break up the 4 Grand Slam titles between them this season, Sinner was dominant from the outset towards Alcaraz, who mentioned 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 12 months after making the decisive breakthrough within the seventh sport of the second set.
“I want I might play like this all over the place,” Sinner mentioned in his on-court interview.
“This season we performed many, many occasions and I additionally misplaced many occasions to Carlos. It’s a enormous pleasure and honour to share the courtroom with him.
“On the similar time, you need to get higher as a participant and also you want rivalries within the sport. So it is good to have an amazing rivalry and extra importantly an amazing friendship off the courtroom.
“We’ve a really particular friendship and it’s extremely good.”
