Jannik Sinner continued his remarkable recent run at the Mutua Madrid Open, where he became the first player in series history (since 1990) to lift five consecutive ATP Masters 1000 trophies.
ATPTour.com relives the Italian's journey to the trophy through videos of key moments.
Sinner had never been beyond the quarter-finals in Madrid prior to this year and was in slight trouble during his opening match against Benjamin Bonzi. The 24-year-old lost the first set, and just his second overall in his past five Masters 1000 events, but responded to overcome the Frenchman 6-7(6), 6-1, 6-4.
Sinner had now found his range in the high-altitude Madrid conditions and made easy work of 22-year-old Elmer Moller, whom the No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings brushed aside 6-2, 6-3 in the third round.
Sinner then defeated British lefty Cameron Norrie, who provided some resistance in the second set. In the pair's first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting, Sinner triumphed 6-2, 7-5 to match his best result at the clay-court event and reach the quarter-finals.
Next up was #NextGenATP Spaniard Rafael Jodar. The 19-year-old beat Alex de Minaur and Joao Fonseca to advance to his first Masters 1000 quarter-final and forced Sinner to produce his best level on Manolo Santana Stadium, such as this backhand break point down.
The Italian finally put Jodar's bid to an end, racing through the second-set tie-break without losing a point, winning 6-2, 7-6(0).
Sinner's semi-final opponent was another man in red-hot form. Arthur Fils entered the match riding a nine-match winning streak after triumphing at the ATP 500 event in Barcelona in April. However, as always, Sinner came up with big shots in big moments.
The top seed was superb throughout his second meeting against Fils (2-0 Sinner), advancing to his first Madrid final with a 6-2, 6-4 win.
Sinner delivered in the Madrid final to make history. The 24-year-old powered past Alexander Zverev for the loss of just three games (6-1, 6-2) to clinch his ninth Masters 1000 title. The Italian has now claimed 15 'Big Titles' – a combination of Grand Slam championships, trophies at the Nitto ATP Finals and ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, and Olympic singles gold medals. Sinner is the first player in series history (since 1990) to have claimed the first four Masters 1000 titles of the season.
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