If there were any nerves in opening his title defense of the Nitto ATP Finals, Italy's Jannik Sinner brushed past them with ease on Monday.

Sinner won his 27th consecutive indoor match with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the Bjorn Borg Group before a partisan crowd at the Inalpi Arena in Turin, Italy.

Sinner never faced a break point in the one-hour, 41-minute triumph over a hobbled but game opponent. He won 88.9% (32 of 36) of his first serve points and 62.5% of the hard-serving Auger-Aliassime's second serves.

Auger-Aliassime fended off two break points in the sixth game and a set point in the 10th to even the first set at 5-5. But after a love hold by Sinner, the fast-rising Canadian faltered on the fifth break point of the set, which ostensibly ended his c

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