Jannik Sinner has added yet another major honour to his ever-expanding trophy cabinet, and in doing so has sent out yet another warning to the rest of the ATP Tour.
Like they needed any more.
After all, the whole world knows just how far ahead both he and Carlos Alcaraz are from the chasing pack. This is no better exemplified than through the fact that, throughout 2025, all but one tournament in which they both entered saw them meet in the final.
That is dominance unlike anything we have seen before, and we as fans are so lucky to bear witness.
However, Laura Robson has suggested that such a level, and the gap it has caused between the top two and the rest, might not be the best thing for tennis.
Why Jannik Sinner’s ATP Finals title could be ‘scary’ for men’s tennis
Speaking live on Sky Sports last night after Jannik Sinner had successfully defended his ATP Finals title, she admitted: “I don’t know who will beat him. That’s the scary part unless Alcaraz can push him along.”
And she’s right. If it were not for Alcaraz, there genuinely is nobody who can beat the Italian. He only lost to two other people on tour all year that were not his generational rival.
Robson continued: “You saw glimpses of Alcaraz standing up to the test tonight for sure. It felt like it could have gone to a third.
“The level of support Sinner had today was off the charts, and you wonder if that spurred him on to close it out in two, but there is just nobody else other than Carlos, who looks like they can challenge him on a surface like this.
“It just goes to show that he hasn’t been broken in the lead-up to the final. He has played quality players in the top eight, and yet they are coming away from the match thinking they didn’t have many chances or many options.”
Jannik Sinner seems unstoppable in these ATP Finals conditions
Whether he had the home-crowd backing or not, these conditions at the ATP Finals are perfectly suited to Sinner’s game.
He is, indisputably, the best indoor hard-court player by some distance, and is currently enjoying a 31-match unbeaten streak when playing in these conditions under a roof.
Adding to that a raucous Turin crowd roaring on his every success, and he feels unbeatable.
Alcaraz did give his thoughts on the ATP Finals crowd, admitting they were at no point disrespectful to him.
However, their impact was surely massive, if unquantifiable. It feels like it will take something miraculous to knock Sinner off his perch under these circumstances.
