Jannik Sinner wins his first title on grass and ensures that he continues after Wimbledon as ATP No. 1

Jannik Sinner He achieved his fourteenth ATP title at the age of 22, after lifting the Open 500 trophy in Halle, Germany.

It is the first crown on grass for the Italian and he achieved it after beating the Polish Hubert Hurkacz, 7-6(8) and 7-6(2).

Sinner brought out all his hierarchy against Hurkacz, one of the toughest players on this surface, whom he beat in a match where the power of the blows of both prevailed, and they could not break the serve on any occasion.

On his way to the title, the Italian defeated the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor, the Hungarian Fabián Maroszán, the German Jan-Lennard Struff and the Chinese Zhang Zhizhen.

Sinner, who became No. 1 in the world after Roland Garros, tournament in which he reached the semifinals, at only 22 years old he obtained his fourteenth title as a professional and the fourth of the year (he had already won the Australian Open, the ATP 500 in Rotterdam and the Masters 1000 in Miami).

Only Roger Federer had been crowned the best tennis player on the planet on the German grass..

Hurkacz, for his part, was unable to win the ninth title of his career, but he secured a climb to seventh place (the best of his career).

The tennis player from San Cándido distances himself from Novak Djokovic, his closest pursuer in the ranking, up to 1,530 points. That means that no matter what happens from July 1 to 14 on the Wimbledon grass, Jannik Sinner will emerge from the third Grand Slam ahead of everyone else.

And he defends 720 points from the semifinals against the 1,200 of Djokovic, finalist of the last edition. Carlos Alcarazwho closes the ATP podium, cannot add to the All England Club as current champion.