Sinner Wins Second Career Vienna Title Over Zverev; Fonseca Captures Title in Basel
Erste Bank Open—Vienna, Austria
World No. 2 and four-time Major winner Jannik Sinner captured his second title in Vienna, Austria on Sunday, defeating Alexander Zverev 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Needing two hours and 29 minutes to prevail, Sinner hit 11 aces and won 82 percent of his first serve points.
Tying his head-to-head at 4-all against Zverev in lifetime meetings, Sinner also collected his 22nd career title.
The Italian will remain at No. 2 in the world and will next see action at the Rolex Paris Masters in France next week.
Zverev will also be in the field in Paris as the No. 3 seed behind top ranked Carlos Alcaraz and Sinner.
Zverev was bidding for his 25th career title. The German won the title earlier this year in Munich, Germany.
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Swiss Indoors Basel—Basel, Switzerland
Brazilian phenom Joao Fonseca captured his second ATP Tour title on Sunday in Basel, Switzerland, defeating physical Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokinka 6-3, 6-4.
Fonseca, who improved to 2-0 against Davidovich Fokina in lifetime meetings, capped off a dream week where he defeated defending champion Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard and Denis Shapovalov en-route to the title.
Moving up to No. 28 in the world, Fonseca has set himself up well for a great 2026 season.
Davidovich Fokinka, who still remains in search of his first-carer title, will move up to a new career high of No. 15 in the world on Monday.
The 26-year-old has played in five career finals.
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