{"id":617,"date":"2026-05-17T17:34:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=617"},"modified":"2026-05-17T17:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T17:34:25","slug":"sinner-becomes-1st-italian-man-to-win-italian-open-in-50-years-and-matches-djokovics-masters-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=617","title":{"rendered":"Sinner becomes 1st Italian man to win Italian Open in 50 years and matches Djokovic\u2019s Masters sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>ROME (AP) \u2014 Jannik Sinner is the first Italian man to win the Italian Open since Adriano Panatta 50 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=615\">World Cup worry for the US as Aaronson leaves field with knee injury while playing for Leeds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The top-ranked Sinner\u2019s 6-4, 6-4 victory over Casper Ruud in Sunday\u2019s final on the red clay of the Foro Italico also made him only the second man after Novak Djokovic to win all nine Masters 1000 events \u2014 the biggest tournaments outside the Grand Slams.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic completed the career set in 2018 in Cincinnati at age 31 \u2014 and then went on to win each event at least twice. Sinner is 24, and with his only real rival, Carlos Alcaraz, currently sidelined due to a right wrist injury, seemingly nobody can beat him.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner extended his winning streak to 29 matches. He hasn\u2019t lost since getting beat by Jakub Mensik in the Qatar Open quarterfinals on Feb. 19. And he\u2019s now 17-0 on clay this year entering the French Open, which starts next Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=613\">Fernandes ties assist record and another VAR controversy as Man United beat Forest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncredible,\u201d Sinner said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a long time since an Italian won \u2013 50 years. I\u2019m happy one of us was able to take advantage of this great period for Italian tennis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner celebrated calmly as usual, revealing a wide smile when he landed an inside-out forehand on the line on his first championship point. Then he waved to the crowd, which included 1976 champion Panatta sitting in the front row.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=611\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the overwhelming favorite for NBA MVP in Sunday night\u2019s reveal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Elina Svitolina beat Coco Gauff in the women\u2019s singles title match on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP tennis: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tennis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME (AP) \u2014 Jannik Sinner is the first Italian man to win the Italian Open&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sinner becomes 1st Italian man to win Italian Open in 50 years and matches Djokovic\u2019s Masters sweep - 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