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Emma Raducanu’s ex-coach noticed one big change in Jannik Sinner during his win over Carlos Alcaraz in Turin

Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
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Jannik Sinner ended his fantastic 2025 season by winning a second consecutive ATP Finals title in Turin.

Sinner defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the final, triumphing 7-6, 7-5 against the Spaniard to hoist the year-end trophy once again.

At 24 years of age, the Italian became the fourth youngest player ever to win back-to-back ATP Finals titles, older than only Roger Federer, Ivan Lendl, and Lleyton Hewitt.

Jannik Sinner holding the ATP Finals trophy.
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Having lost to Alcaraz in the US Open final, Sinner earned revenge against his rival, cutting the Spaniard’s head-to-head lead to 10-6 going into 2026.

Reacting to the match on Tennis Channel, Emma Raducanu’s former coach, Mark Petchey, said he noticed a big change in the world number two during the match.

Mark Petchey reacts to Jannik Sinner’s victory at the ATP Finals

Petchey said of Sinner’s win: “I think it means something in terms of the tactics, because that’s what’s gonna boil down to with these two every single time that they play is the fact that they’ve got to get the tactics right.

“Because they’re both gonna put their hands on these trophies and getting past each other is gonna determine who picks up the most of these throughout the course of their careers.

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“And I thought that Jannik did a nice job on his second serve today, even though the first serve wasn’t behaving as it should have done today, I thought he’d protected his second serve much better than he did at the US Open.

“Again, partly due to the conditions being a little quicker, the ball jumped onto Carlos, who was trying to sort of manufacture the right return position. I never really felt like he thought he was in the right place.”

Jannik Sinner celebrates after winning the 2025 ATP Finals.
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Jannik Sinner’s incredible campaign at the 2025 ATP Finals

Sinner did not drop a set at the ATP Finals and only conceded one break of serve, which came during the second set in the final against Alcaraz.

He topped his group with ease and earned a comfortable win against Alex de Minaur in the semifinals before overcoming the six-time Grand Slam champion in the title bout.

RoundOpponentScore
FinalCarlos Alcaraz7-6, 7-5
SemifinalsAlex de Minaur7-5, 6-2
Group StageBen Shelton6-3, 7-6
Group StageAlexander Zverev6-4, 6-3
Group StageFelix Auger-Aliassime7-5, 6-1
Jannik Sinner’s 2025 ATP Finals campaign.

The two-time champion has not dropped a set in Turin since the 2023 final against Novak Djokovic, having also enjoyed a flawless run in 2024 en route to the title.

He finishes the season with a record of 58 wins and six losses, six tour-level titles, and 11,500 ranking points.