Jannik Sinner kick-started his title defense in an emphatic fashion, defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets in his first round-robin match of Group Bjorn Borg. The win has helped the Italian improve his head-to-head record to 4-2.

Before this season, Sinner used to trail 0-2 in the head-to-head matchups against the Canadian ace. This season, he has now claimed four consecutive wins.

Sinner knocked out the 25-year-old in the Cincinnati Masters quarterfinal before eliminating him in the US Open semifinals. Before arriving in Turin, both players featured in the Paris Masters final, where the four-time Grand Slam champion clinched the win, lifting his career’s first title in the last Masters 1000 of the season. Following his defeat in the ongoing event, Auger-Aliassime, while an

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