Sinner repeated Djokovic and Federer's record for hard-court victories in a single season

On Sunday, October 13, world number one Yannick Cinner defeated Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the final of the Shanghai Masters with a score of 7:6 (7:4), 6:3.

The 23-year-old Italian claimed his fifth victory on hard courts this season, including three Masters titles. He equaled Novak Djokovic, who achieved the same result in 2011 and 2015, and Switzerland's Roger Federer (2006). At the same time, Cinner is the youngest tennis player to achieve such success.

Earlier it became known that Cinner will remain the leader of the world ranking until the end of this year.