10 sin-sational things Jannik Sinner achieved with his triumph at the US Open

Jannik Sinner showed the world why he’s No. 1 at the US Open this year, dropping just two sets en route to the title, his second overall Grand Slam title after his triumph at the Australian Open.

Here are 10 sin-sational things the Italian achieved in New York:

He becomes the fifth active men’s player to win multiple Grand Slam titles. He joins Novak Djokovic (24), Rafael Nadal (22), Carlos Alcaraz (four) and Stan Wawrinka (three) on that list.

He’s the first Italian tennis player ever, male or female, to win two different Grand Slams. He now has one Australian Open and one US Open—the only other Italian with multiple majors, Nicola Pietrangeli, won both of his at Roland Garros in 1959 and 1960.

He’s the third man in the Open Era to win his first two Grand Slam titles in the same season. Jimmy Connors and Guillermo Vilas also achieved that feat, in 1974 and 1977, respectively.

He’s now 6-0 in finals this year. He has a 100% strike rate this year when a title is on the line, lifting trophies at the Australian Open, Rotterdam, Miami, Halle, Cincinnati and now the US Open.

He’s won his last 14 sets in a row in finals, too. He won the last three sets against Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, and has won his last five finals in straight sets, against Alex de Minaur in the Rotterdam final, 7-5, 6-4, Grigor Dimitrov in the Miami final, 6-3, 6-1, Hubert Hurkacz in the Halle final, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (2), Frances Tiafoe in the Cincinnati final, 7-6 (4), 6-2, and now Taylor Fritz in the US Open final, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.

He’s also won his last 11 matches in a row. And his last 13 matches against Americans, his last 14 matches at hard-court Grand Slams, and his last 17 matches in the United States...

By winning his quarterfinal match against Medvedev, he became the first player born in the 2000s, male or female, to complete a career set of Grand Slam semifinals. He was also the first man born since 1990 to reach the semifinals of all four majors.

He surpassed $25 million in career prize money. He would have done it just by reaching the semifinals, but with the $3.6-million champion’s cheque, he surged from $24,034,144 to $27,634,144.

With he and Alcaraz sweeping all four majors this year, this was the first year since 1993 that all four majors were won by men aged 23 or under. In 1993 it was Jim Courier (22) at the Australian Open, Sergi Bruguera (22) at Roland Garros, Pete Sampras (21) at Wimbledon and Sampras (after turning 22) at the US Open.

And finally, he more than doubled his lead at No. 1. Going into the US Open, he led a No. 2-ranked Djokovic by 1,900 points (9,360 to 7,460). Now, he leads a No. 2-ranked Alexander Zverev by 4,105 points (11,180 to 7,075). That's over two majors' worth of points.