The Italian Jannik Sinner, the world number two, won his fourth title of the season this Sunday by winning the ATP 500 tournament in Vienna, where he won in the final to the German Alexander Zverev, who he had to defeat in three sets (3-6, 6-3 and 7-5) after losing the first.

Sinner, who started as the tournament's top seed, had to give his all to defeat Zverev, in addition to enduring some discomfort in the back of his thigh during the third set that made him limp slightly at times.

After winning two majors this year, in Australia and Wimbledon, and in Beijing on the 1st, the Italian tennis player repeated his triumph in Vienna two years ago to face the Paris Masters 1000 with high morale, the last of this year, which begins this week with the participation of the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, where he has a mathematical chance of taking the world number one from him.

With this Sunday's title, Sinner now has 22 titles in his career and 21 victories on hard courts, in addition to becoming the first player to play in eight consecutive finals on the circuit since Novak Djokovic did it a decade ago.

Zverev, 28 years old and world number three, faced the final with a statistic on his side: of the seven meetings between the two, four had failed in his favor and three in favor of his opponent, although the last two went to the Italian.

In the first set, he looked very solid, despite having to save the game on his first serve after neutralizing his opponent's first break point.

The German struck first by breaking Sinner's serve and going 3-1 up, an advantage he held until the end of the set thanks to his serve and the resistance he showed against the world number two's play.

With Sinner injured, the Italian went on the attack and began to accumulate winners and use drop shots to change the dynamics of the match.

His improved game allowed him to steal Zverev's serve and go up 2-0, a lead he held until the tie at a set a piece.

In the final, the scales were balanced and both players brought out their best repertoire to earn the victory, which in the case of the German would have been his second of the season after the one he won in Munich (Germany) in April.

At 2-2, the German was in trouble, but saved two break points to take the lead at a time when Sinner began to show discomfort in his left thigh, after having to retire with cramps at the Shanghai Masters 1000 held in mid-October.

But when his physical condition seemed to complicate his performance, the Italian overcame it and delivered the final blow by breaking Zverev's serve and going up 6-5 thanks to an outstanding backhand down the line with which he closed out the match. match and pocketed the check for half a million euros as the winner.

*With information from EFE.