Sinner won the Vienna Open

After Zverev's impressive start, Sinner had to fight stubbornly to win the comeback. The Italian player fought through physical problems in the first and third sets to win the championship after 2 hours and 29 minutes, thereby winning the crown for the second time in Vienna.

"The start of the final was difficult for me ", the 24-year-old player said after the match. "I lost the service game, then had a few opportunities in the first set but couldn't take advantage of them. He served very well, but I tried to keep my spirits up and play the best tennis I could. "

At the beginning of the match, Zverev hit the ball very solidly on both his forehand and left. He took advantage of the break point in the fourth game, just when Sinner began to limp. Zverev closed the first set smoothly, but the world number two quickly regained his form with a classy performance in the second set.

However, in the third set, Sinner showed signs of cramping in his left thigh muscle in the seventh game, right at the time of the most intense match. However, thanks to drinking pickle juice at breaks and increasing attacks to shorten the shots, Sinner still maintained pressure on the German opponent.

Sinner won the decisive blocking game to lead 6-5 after a breathtakingly durable play that caused Zverev to miss a backhand. Immediately afterwards, Sinner served to close the match, winning his fourth title of the season, equalizing the head-to-head score 4-4 with Zverev. With two championships in 2023 and 2025, Sinner joined the group of Roger Federer and Andy Murray - world No. 1 players who twice won the Vienna championship.

"It was really difficult, " Sinner said about the struggling minutes in the third set. "The most important thing is not to give up and try to stay in the match. I try to observe the situation and make the right choice at the right time. Serving well and saving energy in service games is also very important. "

Sinner showed impressive performance during the journey in Austria, not losing a set before the final. With a record of 48 wins - 6 losses during the season, the 24-year-old tennis player is full of confidence heading into the last two tournaments of the year, the Paris Masters and ATP Finals. Zverev, who qualified for the ATP Finals with Sinner, Alcaraz and Djokovic, is still looking for his first win against a Top 5 opponent in 2025.

At the ATP 500 tournament in Basel, Joao Fonseca became the first Brazilian to win a title larger than the ATP 250, since Gustavo Kuerten won the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati in 2001. Defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-3, 6-4 in the final, Fonseca is the third youngest player to win the ATP 500 title since the system was introduced in 2009.