Sinner took a crucial break in the fourth game of the second set to defeat the Serb in 1hr 37min and deny him a 100th career singles title.
“He was just too good today, too strong, too fast,” said Djokovic after the match.
Sinner saluted his opponent as a “legend” who kept playing “incredible tennis… year after year.”
In a nod to former Djokovic’s rival, Roger Federer, who was watching from the stands, the 23-year-old joked, “There are legends everywhere, I just try to keep up a little bit.”
Facing off before an impassioned crowd, neither player blinked in the first set, unable to break the other’s serve.
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