Sep 7, 2025; Flushing, NY, USA; Jannik Sinner (ITA) holds the runners up trophy after losing to Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) (not pictured) in the final of mens singles at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

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Untamable Jannik Sinner Beats Alex de Minaur to Charge Into Third Consecutive Final at Nitto ATP Finals 2025

Italian will contend for a second consecutive title in Turin.

World No. 2 Jannik Sinner proved why he is called the ruler of indoor hard courts on Saturday. The 24-year-old Italian remained steadfast to obstruct the advancement of an inspired Alex de Minaur in the semifinal of the Nitto ATP Finals 2025. While the Australian started the match in convincing manner, Sinner shifted gears as the match progressed and held on for a 7-5 6-2 win in 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Jannik Sinner’s reaction after reaching his 3rd straight final in Turin

The 3rd man in history to reach the final of all 4 Grand Slams & the ATP Finals in the same season

Federer.
Djokovic.
Sinner.

The youngest of all 3 to do it

Young legend 🇮🇹🥹

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— The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) November 15, 2025

The home favorite has now secured 30 consecutive wins on indoor hard courts – becoming the youngest player since Lleyton Hewitt in 2004 to reach three finals in a row at the season-ending championships. Sinner did not drop his serve or a single set throughout the round robin stage, and kept up his perfect record against de Minaur. Meanwhile, the 26-year-old will have plenty of positive takeaways despite leaving with a 1-3 record at Turin in 2025.

With five trophies to his name this year, the No. 2 seed has dominated proceedings alongside Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard could be Sinner’s opponent in the summit clash on Sunday – he is set to take on Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime in the second semifinal. On the other hand, the Demon finishes his campaign with 56 wins and 24 losses – completing his first year of crossing the half century mark in terms of victories.

Jannik Sinner Earns Milestone Win Against Alex de Minaur in Turin

The partisan crowd at Inalpi Arena would have had their hearts in their mouths, as Sinner fell to 0-40 in the opening game. But as both players came through tough service games after saving break points, they began producing the level that fans expect from them. Having saved seven break points through the set, courtesy some flat baseline attacks and vicious slices, de Minaur was broken in the eleventh game. A strong flurry of winners handed Sinner the opening set 7-5.

Jannik Sinner is back in the ATP final! 🦊 pic.twitter.com/iOMdSolI3P
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) November 15, 2025

As 13,000 people stood up and applauded his resilience, the four-time Grand Slam champion eased into his beast mode. He drained out every ounce of energy left in de Minaur, and raced ahead to a 4-0 advantage in the second set. From there, he focused on his own serve to complete the formalities. Sinner is now just the second man after Novak Djokovic (2018) to reach the ATP Finals final without dropping serve.

3 – Since 1970, Jannik Sinner is the 3rd player to reach the final at all 4 Grand Slam events and the ATP Finals in a season, after Federer (2006-07) & Djokovic (2015, 2023) – Sinner is the youngest of the 3 to achieve the feat. Wow. #NittoATPFinals | @atptour @ATPMediaInfo pic.twitter.com/qE3IUfM1Ni
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) November 15, 2025

“I’m very happy, it’s the last event of the year. Great to finish in this way,” Sinner stated. “It was a very tough match, especially the beginning of the first set. I felt like he was serving great – very precise. In the second set, I managed to break very early. Then my level raised and I tried to be more aggressive which worked very well.”

Sinner will face either Alcaraz or Auger-Aliassime in front of his home fans on Sunday evening.

(Image Credits: Geoff Burke, Imagn Images)

Alex de Minaur

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ATP Finals 2025

Carlos Alcaraz

Felix Auger-Aliassime

Jannik Sinner

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Sankalp Harikrishnan

A passionate sports fan through and through, I am currently pursuing my MA in Global Sports Journalism. I specialise in tennis and football writing at The Playoffs News, and I have prior experience working at EssentiallySports and Sportskeeda. Born and raised in Bengaluru, India, sport was my safe space right from my childhood. After trying my hand at multiple sports and representing my educational institutions in cricket, badminton and table tennis, I found sports media to be my calling.