<p>Home favourite Jannik Sinner became the first Italian to reach the title match in the season-ending ATP Finals as he beat Russian Daniil Medvedev at a raucous Pala Alpitour on Saturday.</p><p>The 22-year-old soaked up everything Medvedev threw at him and emerged with a 6-3 6-7(4) 6-1 victory.</p><p>Sinner, the only player to win all three group matches, will face either world number one Novak Djokovic or number two Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday's final.</p><p>"It's an incredible feeling," Sinner said. "It was a really tough match today. I felt that he was playing more aggressively, especially in the first set. Somehow, I made the break and from that point I felt better."</p><p>If Sinner wins the title, he will receive $4.8 million as an undefeated champion, the biggest pay day in tennis history.</p><p>Medvedev was seeking to reach his 10th final of an impressive season and had the first opportunity to secure a break of serve at 1-1 in the opening set, but Sinner stood firm.</p><p>Sinner secured a decisive break out of nowhere in the following game as Medvedev let slip a 40-0 lead with errors flying off his racket.</p><p>Both players were rock-solid on serve in the second set with only one break point, saved by Sinner, on the way to a tiebreak.</p><p>Medvedev, sticking relentlessly to his heavy baseline game, grabbed the initiative and levelled the contest when Sinner sent a forehand over the baseline.</p><p>Sinner got his nose in front early in the decider when Medvedev double-faulted and Medvedev lost his focus as he became involved with a member of the crowd.</p><p>Sinner moved to the brink of victory with another break to storm into a 5-1 lead and the world number four brought up three match points with a superb backhand down the line and sealed victory at the first attempt.</p><p>After losing his first six matches against Medvedev, Sinner has now won three in a row against the Russian.</p>
<p>Home favourite Jannik Sinner became the first Italian to reach the title match in the season-ending ATP Finals as he beat Russian Daniil Medvedev at a raucous Pala Alpitour on Saturday.</p><p>The 22-year-old soaked up everything Medvedev threw at him and emerged with a 6-3 6-7(4) 6-1 victory.</p><p>Sinner, the only player to win all three group matches, will face either world number one Novak Djokovic or number two Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday's final.</p><p>"It's an incredible feeling," Sinner said. "It was a really tough match today. I felt that he was playing more aggressively, especially in the first set. Somehow, I made the break and from that point I felt better."</p><p>If Sinner wins the title, he will receive $4.8 million as an undefeated champion, the biggest pay day in tennis history.</p><p>Medvedev was seeking to reach his 10th final of an impressive season and had the first opportunity to secure a break of serve at 1-1 in the opening set, but Sinner stood firm.</p><p>Sinner secured a decisive break out of nowhere in the following game as Medvedev let slip a 40-0 lead with errors flying off his racket.</p><p>Both players were rock-solid on serve in the second set with only one break point, saved by Sinner, on the way to a tiebreak.</p><p>Medvedev, sticking relentlessly to his heavy baseline game, grabbed the initiative and levelled the contest when Sinner sent a forehand over the baseline.</p><p>Sinner got his nose in front early in the decider when Medvedev double-faulted and Medvedev lost his focus as he became involved with a member of the crowd.</p><p>Sinner moved to the brink of victory with another break to storm into a 5-1 lead and the world number four brought up three match points with a superb backhand down the line and sealed victory at the first attempt.</p><p>After losing his first six matches against Medvedev, Sinner has now won three in a row against the Russian.</p>