Tsitsipas beats Thiem to win ATP Finals title
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Stefanos Tsitsipas battled back from a set down against Dominic Thiem to win the ATP Finals title on Sunday (Monday in Manila), emphatically staking his claim as the leader of the next generation of aspiring global superstars.
The Greek 21-year- old, who won, 6-7 (6), 6-2, 7-6 (4) is the youngest champion since Lleyton Hewitt in 2001 and the fourth first-time champion at the season- ending event in as many years. It is Tsitsipas’s third title of the season and comes a year after he was crowned champion at the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan.
He has charmed the crowd at London’s O2 Arena all week and earned his place in the final with an impressive straight-sets win against sixtime champion Roger Federer.
“I can’t sum up my emotions right now,” said Tsitsipas. “It’s amazing to be remembered as the 2019 champion. It is a dream come true and the best way to end this match.” Defeat is a bitter disappointment for Thiem, who won five titles this year, including the Indian Wells Masters, and reached a second successive French Open final.
There was little to choose between sixth-seed Tsitsipas and Austria’s world number five Thiem in the first set as a total of five break points went begging. Both players had impressed on serve during the tournament, with Tsitsipas’s figures especially striking — 44 service games won out of 47 leading into the final.
In an inevitable tie-break Tsitsipas saved a set point at 5/6 but Thiem clinched his second set point with a powerful serve that the Greek returned into the net.