Teenager Joao Fonseca beat American Learner Tien to be topped the second-youngest winner of the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals title.
The 18-year-old Brazilian, who was the youngest participant on this 12 months’s competitors and lowest ranked, overcame Tien 2-4 4-3 (10-8) 4-0 4-2 in Jeddah.
Solely Jannik Sinner, in 2019, has lifted the title at a youthful age than Fonseca, who gained all 5 of his matches on the season-ending event for the top-ranked male gamers aged 21 and underneath.
The pair additionally met within the group stage on Thursday, with Fonseca, ranked 145th on the planet, once more popping out on high in opposition to his 19-year-old opponent.
The occasion has a best-of-five format with 4 video games successful a set.
In addition to world primary Sinner, different former champions embody four-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz and world quantity 11 Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Tien began brightly and took the opening set in Saudi Arabia. However as soon as Fonseca received himself stage after a decent second set that went into a protracted tie-break, he was capable of frustrate his opponent and seal the title within the fourth set.
“I used to be actually nervous earlier than the match. I knew it was going to be so tough,” Fonseca mentioned.
“I performed a closing in opposition to Learner in juniors on the 2023 US Open and I know how he can play. He’s such a pleasant man and an amazing participant, so I knew it was going to be tough, mentally and bodily. However I received by way of.”
Talking earlier than the ultimate, Fonseca spoke of how he needed to emulate Sinner, for whom he was a hitting associate ultimately 12 months’s ATP Finals – the place he mentioned he was satisfied by the Italian to show skilled.