This Sunday evening, Jannik Sinner and Taylor Fritz will face each other in the final of the 2024 US Open. An unprecedented matchup for this last Grand Slam tournament between the Italian and the American who can write history. Follow the final live.
20:24 – White game (2-0)
The world number 1 gives nothing and confirms his break to lead 2-0. Taylor Fritz will try to react.
20:23 – Sinner in his line
At the beginning of this meeting, Jannik Sinner sets the pace and Taylor Fritz already seems to be in trouble. The American is looking for solutions.
20:22 – Entry break (1-0)
After an excellent serve, Taylor Fritz crosses his smash too much which ends up in the corridor to offer the Italian the break at the start, already very solid in the exchange.
20:19 – Two break points
Very solid, Jannik Sinner forces the American into making a mistake which sees his backhand come out behind the baseline. Two break points for the Italian.
20:18 – Sinner sends a message
A long forehand for Jannik Sinner who sets the scene for this final from the first point.
20:17 – Here we go!
Taylor Fritz kicks off the hostilities in this grand final for the men at the US Open.
20:12 – Fritz serving
As warm-ups begin at Flushing Meadows, Taylor Fritz will serve out this 2024 US Open final.
20:08 – Players enter
The two finalists have just entered the Arthur Ashe court.
8:00 p.m. – The star couple at Flushing Meadows
World star Taylor Swift and her “boyfriend” and American football player Travis Kelce have just arrived in the stands of the Arthur Ashe court.
19:55 – Great people present
Tonight, many celebrities are present to attend the final such as Maria Sharapova or the actor Matthew McConaughey.
19:45 – The public, X factor
Tonight, Taylor Fritz will not be alone in challenging Jannik Sinner. Indeed, the American will be able to count on a short Arthur Ashe completely won over to his cause to knock down the Italian wall. “There is no doubt, the public will be rather on his side, but that is normal. So I will accept it, knowing that I have behind me my team and people who are close to me. And I keep in mind that there are a lot of people who watch me on television in Italy and who support me”, declared the world number 1.
19:30 – The stakes
Tonight, the two finalists will play their first final at Flushing Meadows. Jannik Sinner is the first Italian player to reach the last step in New York. After his title at the Australian Open at the start of the season, the Italian can join Guillermo Vilas (1977) in becoming the first player to win his first two major titles in the same year.
19:15 – Nice comparison
Speaking to our colleagues at Eurosport, Swedish legend Mats Wilander compared the Italian to legends Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic: “He’s so good when he controls the rally. For 10, 15, 20 years, the members of the Big 3 stood out when they dictated with their forehand: they didn’t make mistakes. For Jannik, it’s the same, he makes his opponents do the windshield wiper at the baseline and he doesn’t lose those points anymore. On the other hand, he manages to Carlos Alcaraz to make mistakes in this situation, but with Jannik, you don’t see that. He is so consistent when he is aggressive.”.
19:00 – Sinner’s Summer Disturbed
On August 20, Jannik Sinner found himself in turmoil after the ITIA (International Tennis Integrity Agency) revealed a doping case against him. In March 2024, the Italian tested positive twice for clostebol, a banned substance. Since then, the 2024 US Open finalist has appealed and was cleared by an independent tribunal. In the process, the Italian player parted ways with Umberto Ferrara, his fitness trainer, who bought the spray containing clostebol (a doping substance), but also with his physiotherapist Giacomo Naldi who applied this spray to his own skin to treat a cut on a finger. An affair that sparked strong reactions from the tennis world.
18:45 – Sinner n°1
Before this 2024 US Open final, Jannik Sinner is the player who has won the most matches on hard court this season with 34 wins for two losses and four titles, ahead of Alexander Zverev and his 27 successes. In this season, the Italian is also the tennis player who has won the most matches in Grand Slam. With 22 victories, the Transalpine will finish 2024 in the lead ahead of Carlos Alcaraz (19 successes), winner of Roland-Garros and Wimbledon this year.
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