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24 October 2021A great Jannik Sinner won the title of the European Open, an ATP 250 tournament with a prize pool of 508,600 euros, played indoors in the "Lotto Arena" in Antwerp, Belgium.
The 20-year-old from Sesto Pusteria, number 13 in the ATP ranking, defeated the Argentine Diego Schwartzman, n.
14 in the ranking and second seed, in two sets with a score of 6-2, 6-2.
"Sinner played an incredible match. I didn't have a chance. I think you will win many more titles in your career. You are also a great fighter but also a great person. And this is very important," Schwartzman said after the defeat.
For Sinner it is the fourth title of the season, no Italian had ever succeeded in it in the Open era.
In the race for the ATP Finals in Turin, the blue, with the 250 points won today, overtakes Norrie.
Now it is a three-way battle with Hurkacz and Ruud, opponents from Monday in Vienna.
Also in Antwerp, as in Sofia three weeks ago, he started as a seed and with a lot of pressure to manage.
He did not lose a set and dominated the Argentine in the final.
With the fourth title of the season out of five ATP finals played (he only missed that of the Masters 1000 in Miami) he is the first Italian tennis player in history to succeed in the feat, overtaking Barazzutti, Bertolucci and Fognini at 3. In 2021, in fact, Sinner he had already won in Washington, Melbourne and Sofia.