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Jannik Sinner will climb to a career-high third in the world ranking after beating Alex de Minaur in straight sets to win the Rotterdam Open.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Australian Open champion will become Italy’s highest-ranked male player in history after beating world number 11 De Minaur 7-5 6-4.<\/p>\n
It is a 12th career title for Sinner, who has now won 15 consecutive matches.<\/p>\n
“I’m really proud of the level I played at throughout this whole week,” said the 22-year-old.<\/p>\n
“We have done a really good job some weeks ago [at the Australian Open] and now we did a very, very good job here.”<\/p>\n
The Italian has not lost since a straight-set defeat to Novak Djokovic at the ATP Tour finals in November.<\/p>\n
After a tight opening, Sinner broke in the fifth game of the first set to go 3-2 in front.<\/p>\n
De Minaur, 24, then showed resilience to save two set points before breaking back in a see-saw 10th game that took more than 15 minutes to complete.<\/p>\n
Sinner, though, broke straight back in the next game before closing out the set on his serve.<\/p>\n
The second set was just as close but, as the Australian began to tire, Sinner made the decisive break in the seventh game to go 4-3 ahead – and it was a lead he did not relinquish. <\/p>\n
De Minaur has now lost all seven matches against his friend and former doubles partner Sinner.<\/p>\n
“I asked him jokingly if he’s going to lose a match this year,” said the runner-up.<\/p>\n
“He’s playing an incredible level and just too good. I’ll get you back next time.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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