At the press conference after his victory at the ATP Finals against Taylor Fritz, the young Italian talked about many topics, including the doping-issue that involves him

Jannik Sinner won the ATP Finals against Taylor Fritz in front of a home crowd. For a man who is still under a doping cloud, Sinner is hitting the cleanest winners.

TURIN, Italy — And so the year ends as it began, with Jannik Sinner’s arms around a big sliver trophy, making a mess of the competition and tennis history for his suddenly tennis-mad country.

Jannik Sinner’s game reached such a high level in Turin that his fellow competitors said “there’s nothing you can really do” because “he’s playing almost too good.”

Top-ranked Jannik Sinner added another big title to his tremendous year, beating U.S. Open runner-up Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday for the ATP Finals trophy before his home fans – and before a final verdict is reached in his doping case.

Italy's Jannik Sinner plays a return to Australia's Christopher O'Connell during their men's singles third round match on day six of the US Open tennis tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City,

Jannik Sinner says he still has areas where he can improve next year after winning the ATP Finals for the first time Sunday to cap a near-perfect season for the world number one.

World number one and home favourite Jannik Sinner made history on Sunday, becoming the first Italian to win the ATP Finals title with a commanding 6-4, 6-4 victory over American Taylor Fritz.