Jannik Sinner Defeats Frances Tiafoe To Win His First Cincinnati Title | 2024 Cincinnati Final

OVERALL, 15TH CAREER TITLE. THE MAN IS ALL SMILES AFTER THAT STRAIGHT SET VICTORY, AND NOW HE JOINS US AT OUR CREDIT ONE TENNIS CHANNEL DESK. YANNICK, GOOD TO SEE YOU. YOU LOOK, YOU LOOK VERY SERIOUS. YOU JUST, YOU JUST WON THIS MASSIVE TITLE. ARE YOU FEELING AMAZING? YEAH. >> IT'S, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, YOU KNOW? NOW IN THE MOMENT, IT'S TOUGH TO TOUGH TO REALIZE. NO, IT'S, WAS VERY FOCUSED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THE WHOLE MATCH. I KNEW I, THAT I HAD TO BE STARTING OFF VERY WELL AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING THE IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST SET, WHICH WAS A VERY IMPORTANT MOMENTUM THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE MATCH. AND, AND THEN IN THE SECOND SET, YOU KNOW, I BROKE HIM EARLY, WHICH THEN GAVE ME CONFIDENCE. IT WAS A BIT EASIER THEN TO SERVE. AND, PHYSICALLY TODAY I FELT A BIT BETTER THAN YESTERDAY. YOU KNOW, I RECOVERED QUITE, QUITE GOOD EVEN EVEN IF WE BOTH WE HAD A. YEAH, A TOUGH MATCHES. NO, BOTH. YESTERDAY, SEVEN, SIX IN THE THIRD, YOU KNOW, AMAZING. AMAZING. TWO MATCHES. AND I'M VERY HAPPY AND GLAD YOU KNOW TO WIN THIS TO WIN THIS TOURNAMENT THAT FIRST SET WITH YOU AND FRANCIS, IT WAS NECK AND NECK. >> HE WAS PLAYING SOME PHENOMENAL TENNIS. YOU HAD SOME SPECTACULAR SHOTS FOREHANDS UP THE LINE, FOREHANDS CROSS COURT. WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THAT THAT LITTLE EDGE THAT YOU HAD OVER HIM? >> YEAH, WELL, I WAS YOU KNOW, FIRST GAME WAS 1540 STARTING. NOT THAT WELL. AND YOU KNOW WHEN, WHEN YOU START YOU KNOW, WITH ONE ZERO UP EVEN WITHOUT BREAK, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD FEELING, THEN I, I HAD LIKE I FELT I HAD SOME CHANCES IN THE, IN, IN THE RETURN GAMES I WAS MISSING THE SHOTS. BUT YOU KNOW, THE SHOT SELECTION WAS RIGHT AND, AND THAT GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE JUST JUST TO KEEP GOING AND, AS I SAID, THE TIEBREAK WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY CRUCIAL MOMENT, BUT WHICH I PLAYED VERY SOLID, I STARTED OFF VERY WELL, YOU KNOW, THREE ONE. THEN HE RECOVERED. I WAS FOUR THREE DOWN, MANAGED TO SERVE WELL A COUPLE OF TIMES. AND I'M HAPPY ABOUT ABOUT THAT. >> YOU WERE SO SHARP OUT THERE TODAY. YOU'RE 15 AND FOUR IN FINALS NOW WHICH IS AN EXCEPTIONAL RECORD. ONLY RAFAEL NADAL HAS GOTTEN TO 15 TITLES QUICKER THAN YOU. YOU GOT THERE QUICKER THAN ANYONE ELSE. WHAT IS JANNIK SINNER LIKE ON FINALS DAY? MENTALLY JUST TAKE IT AS AS A USUAL AND NORMAL DAY AND JUST TRYING TO ENJOY. >> IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALSO TOUGH TO TALK BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT I FEEL INSIDE. IT'S A BIT DIFFERENT, I WAS PASSING, A DIFFERENT KIND OF TIME, SO YOU KNOW, I HAD TO. YEAH. TO JUST TO BE FOCUSED ON COURT, REALLY. AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS A IT WAS A TOUGH TIME LATELY, YOU KNOW, MISSING THE OLYMPICS FOR ME. IT IT HURT IT. SO YOU KNOW, COMING COMING HERE AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO WIN AS MANY MATCHES AS POSSIBLE BEFORE U.S. OPEN FOR SURE IS, IS AN IMPORTANT, WIN FOR ME TODAY. AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO IN NEW YORK. >> YANNICK, YOU WON SO MANY MATCHES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND THEN YOU HAD TO DEAL WITH SOME INJURIES HERE AND THERE. YOU YOU WERE ABLE TO COME BACK AND PLAY ROLAND GARROS, BUT THEN AS YOU SAID, YOU MISSED THE OLYMPICS. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT? IS IT POSSIBLE TO PLAY YOURSELF INTO GOOD SHAPE EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE TRAINING BLOCKS? >> YEAH, IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FOR THE MENTAL SIDE ESPECIALLY. I MEAN, IT'S, WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL 100% THE ONLY CHANCE YOU CAN, YOU CAN STAY THERE IS MENTALLY AND TODAY I SHOW THAT. AND ALSO IN THE LAST MATCHES, IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY CHALLENGING WEEK FOR ME. AND. YEAH. AND I'M JUST HAPPY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THERE ARE NOT SO MANY WORDS TO SAY, YOU KNOW, ME AND MY TEAM, WE TRIED TO WORK AS HARD AS POSSIBLE TO BE IN THAT POSITION. THESE ARE THE DAYS WHERE WE PRACTICE FOR. AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PLAY WITH A GOOD SECURITY AND, AND, YOU KNOW, GOOD FEELINGS ON THE COURT. THAT FOR SURE HELPED ME. >> WE'VE HEARD STORIES OF GREAT ATHLETES WHO. THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE QUITE INJURED. AND THEN THEY DO ALL SORTS OF WORK THROUGH THE NIGHT TO BE ABLE TO BE PREPARED. THE NEXT DAY WE WERE WE WERE A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED. WE WEREN'T SURE IF YOU WERE INJURED IN THE MATCH AGAINST SASHA. YOU SHOWED SO MUCH HEART TO PULL IT THROUGH. WAS THERE WAS THERE A TON OF WORK THAT WAS DONE TO GET YOU HEALTHY FOR TODAY? >> YEAH, I WENT TO SLEEP VERY LATE YESTERDAY. YOU KNOW, WE MADE A LOT OF WORK, BUT IN MY MIND, I KNEW THAT I CAN SLEEP IN A LOT, COULDN'T SLEEP THAT WELL THIS NIGHT, TO BE HONEST. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS, THIS CAN HAPPEN. YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT IT. AND TRYING TO BE AS READY AS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND, I ALSO KNEW FRANCIS FINISHED LATER THAN ME. HE ALSO MADE SEVEN, SIX IN THE THIRD, YOU KNOW, THREE SETS. AND YOU KNOW, ALL THE ALL THESE THINGS YOU HAVE IN YOUR MIND AND JUST TRYING TO GO FOR IT. NO YOU KNOW, IN THE FINAL DAYS, EVERYTHING CAN HAPPEN. AND IT IS A BIT DIFFERENT FEELINGS WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU GO ON COURT, IT'S MORE SPECIAL, OF COURSE, AND JUST HAPPY TO BE IN THAT POSITION AND JUST TRYING TO PLAY MY BEST TENNIS, WHATEVER IT TAKES, MARKS OF A CHAMPION, YOU'LL BE, YOU'LL BE GOING INTO THE US OPEN NOW. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME GOING INTO A HARD COURT SLAM WHERE YOU'VE ALREADY WON A SLAM. BE COMING IN AS THE NUMBER ONE PLAYER IN THE WORLD. A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT FEELING. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE AT TOP FORM HERE? >> TOP FORM WE SEE. I MEAN FOR SURE YOU KNOW WINNING WINNING A MASTERS EVENT. IT'S IT MEANS THAT YOU PLAY GOOD TENNIS, I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT, HAPPY TO WIN THE TOURNAMENT BEFORE THE US OPEN. AND THEN WE SEE, YOU KNOW, I HAD SIMILAR FEELING BEFORE WIMBLEDON WINNING HAIL. AND NOW I HAVE, YOU KNOW, A MASTERS EVENT IS A BIT DIFFERENT. I HAD GREAT WINS HERE AGAINST ANDRE SASHA AND THEN TODAY FRANCIS YOU KNOW PLAYING SOME PLAYING SOME, SOME AMAZING TENNIS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WEEK AND. YEAH. AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO IN NEW YORK. I'M, I'M QUITE RELAXED. YOU KNOW, WE GO DAY BY DAY TRYING TO RECOVER, TRYING TO FEEL THE, THE CONDITIONS THERE AND THEN HOPEFULLY BE READY FOR MONDAY. TUESDAY. WELL IT'S ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT STUFF, MY MAN. >> I HOPE YOU I HOPE YOU TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO CELEBRATE AND ENJOY YOURSELF. I SPOKE TO IRINA EARLIER TODAY AFTER SHE WON. SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, I STAY AWAY FROM THE SWEETS THESE DAYS, BUT I DO LIKE MY TEQUILA. SO, SO WHAT IS JANNIK SINNER GOING TO DO TO CELEBRATE? YOU GOT TO DO A LITTLE SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW YET. >> LOOK, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE FOR SURE A LITTLE TREAT. BUT LET'S SEE. I MEAN, IT'S I, I LIKE SWEETS, SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME THAT I, I'M NOT A GUY WHO DRINKS. SO ME, I, I'M MORE HAPPY WHEN I HAVE A COKE OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING, SOMETHING EASY, BUT I ENJOY IT MORE AND NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE A GOOD COMPANY, GREAT COMPANY. THAT FOR ME IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT. AND THEN THE REST WE SEE STICK TO THE SWEETS, ENJOY THE SWEETS, HAVE WHATEVER YOU WANT. >> HAVE A BRILLIANT WEEK AND ALL THE VERY BEST OF LUCK IN NEW YORK. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANKS FOR HAVING ME, AS ALWAYS. >> YOU'RE THE MAN, YANNICK.