The 21-year-old from San Candido, Italy’s stellar showing in Toronto will send him to the No. 6 spot in the ATP rankings
Jannik Sinner won the National Bank Open in Toronto on Sunday, beating the breakout player of the week and catapulting to a career-high ranking on the ATP Tour.
Sinner’s stellar showing in Toronto will send him to the No. 6 spot in the ATP rankings on Monday, as he leapfrogs Andrey Rublev and Casper Ruud. Sinner and de Minaur had met four times before, with the Italian winning them all. They know each other well – in fact the two also teamed up as doubles partners in Toronto.John E. Sokolowski/USA TODAY Sports
Sinner won just over US$1.02-million of the tournament’s US$7.6-million in prize money, with de Minaur winning US$556,630.The Toronto tournament set an attendance record. Tennis Canada confirmed that more than 175,000 went through the turnstiles, surpassing the mark of 160,508 set in 2004. “The buzz around him is something we’ve never seen before,” tournament director Karl Hale said of the world’s top-ranked player. “Opening weekend, the fans that were courtside to get autographs, we have never seen that in the history of our tournament. It really bodes well for the future of our sport that he is taking the torch from the Big Three.”
“All of those services will have to be expanded, but we have the capacity here to house that,” Hale said. “So it’s not a worry for us.”In 2024, the tournaments will fall directly after a huge event on the tennis calendar, the Paris Olympics.
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