It’s supposed to be the tournament where the year’s top eight players battle it out for one last prestigious trophy.

World No. 1 Jannik Sinner defeated American Taylor Fritz 6-4, 6-4 to win the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy, on Sunday, claiming the trophy for the first time on home soil.

The Italian tennis player, despite an extraordinary 2024, has been sensationally excluded from the nominations for the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, probably due to the doping case involving 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 silver trophy, making a mess of the competition and tennis history for his suddenly tennis-mad country.

On the latest edition of his podcast, former American star Andy Roddick commented on Sinner’s amazing rise in the last 12 months: "There's a massive lineage in Italian tennis. It's a very proud history, and the first guy is that he is ours and he is No. 1. in the world. And the pride, rightfully so.”

Jannik Sinner capped off his historic season with one of the most dominant ATP Finals runs the sport has ever seen.

Jannik Sinner leads Italy past the Netherlands for its second consecutive Davis Cup title.

Jannik Sinner capped an outstanding season by guiding Italy to a second successive Davis Cup title. The world number one defeated Tallon Griekspoor 7-6 (2) 6-2 in Malaga to secure a 2-0 victory for the defending champions against the Netherlands.