Emotional Sinner accepts ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours

pAn emotional a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jannik-sinner/s0ag/overview'Jannik Sinner/a was celebrated for earning ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours on Monday evening at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/nitto-atp-finals/605/overview'Nitto ATP Finals/a in front of a raucous Inalpi Arena crowd./p

pldquo;Itrsquo;s a nice feeling, [it is] special sharing these kinds of moments here in Italy with the crowd,rdquo; Sinner said after a memorable ceremony in which he was presented the award by ATP Chairman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andrea-gaudenzi/g254/overview'Andrea Gaudenzi/a, former World No. 1 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/boris-becker/b028/overview'Boris Becker/a and Head of Corporate Brand and Strategic Advisory at PIF Mohamed Alsayyad. ldquo;This would not be possible without all the people I have around and especially these kind of people I want to keep forever, because it has a journey from the beginning.rdquo;/p

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pSinnerrsquo;s tennis team and family, including his parents, were in the crowd. The people of Turin roared with approval as the home favourite displayed the trophy for the fans./p

pldquo;I just heard that my mom was crying, which is something very cute,rdquo; Sinner said. ldquo;Only they know from my early age and stages, when I was around 13, how many sacrifices we made as a family./p

pldquo;Now Irsquo;m standing here with one of the, maybe the most special trophy I have.rdquo;/p

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pOn 10 June, Sinner became the first man or woman from his country to reach World No. 1 in singles since computerised rankings were introduced in 1973. He has not relinquished his place since./p

pThe 23-year-old is the 19th player to earn year-end No. 1 honours and just the fourth active player to do so. a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a are the others./p

pldquo;Itrsquo;s a great competition between this and Grand Slams,rdquo; Sinner said. ldquo;This is a very consistent trophy. You have to play one year very consistent tennis, so this is for sure a very, very tough trophy to get.rdquo;/p

pThe ceremony coincided with the launch of the pioneering lsquo;ATP No. 1 Clubrsquo;, which will celebrate all current and former ATP World No. 1 players in one place for their remarkable efforts to reach the pinnacle of the PIF ATP Rankings./p

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