Overview
- Jannik Sinner defeated Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to claim the Italian Open in Rome and finish the rare Career Golden Masters.
- The Career Golden Masters means winning each of the nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, a feat previously achieved only by Novak Djokovic, with Sinner the youngest to do it.
- The victory pushed Sinner’s Masters 1000 streaks to 34 straight match wins and six consecutive tournament titles, both reported as records.
- His route included a rain-suspended semifinal against Daniil Medvedev that resumed Saturday, where he overcame cramps and right thigh treatment to win 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
- The win ended a 50-year wait for an Italian men’s champion in Rome, with Adriano Panatta presenting the trophy as President Sergio Mattarella attended, and capped Sinner’s sweep of all three clay Masters this season.