Italian tennis player Janik Siner was awarded the trophy for the best player of the year last night in Turin.
This year, Siner won the first Grand Slam titles - the Australian Open and the US Open Championship, and a month ago he mathematically secured the first place on the ATP list at the end of the year.
"There is no better place to celebrate this trophy. Thank you for all the support," Siner said during the trophy presentation at the final tournament in Turin.
Siner became the 19th player to win the trophy at the end of the year and the 29th player overall to reach the top spot on the ATP list.
"I think he is a man who will win for a long time," said former world number one Boris Beker, who took part in the trophy ceremony.
On Sunday, at the start of the final tournament in Turin, Siner defeated the ninth player in the world, Australian Alex de Minor (6:3, 6:4). American Taylor Fritz (fifth on the ATP list) awaits him in the second round of the "Ilije Nastase" group tonight, in a replay of this year's final of the US Open Championship.
This is the first time the 23-year-old tennis player has played in Italy since it was announced in September that he had tested positive for two doping tests earlier this year.
In September, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) filed an appeal against the decision to acquit Siner. The final verdict is expected early next year.
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