India, March 16 -- It had to happen. Sooner or later, Jannik Sinner had to do it. On Sunday, the Italian achieved something that, before him, only Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer could boast of.

With his straight-sets victory over Daniil Medvedev in the Indian Wells final in California, the world number two completed the set of hard-court trophies. In a more impressive feat, he is the youngest to have achieved this.

This was Sinner's sixth Masters 1,000 title, the last one to be conquered. Previously, besides winning the Australian Open and the US Open, he had won the Masters 1,000 titles in Miami, Toronto, Cincinnati, Shanghai and Paris. He has also won the season-ending ATP finals.

Sinner chose the occasion to congratulate his compa...