New Delhi, May 17 -- Jannik Sinner etched his name into tennis history on Sunday (May 17), by winning the Internazionali BNL d'Italia title in Rome. The 24-year-old World No 1 defeated Norway's Casper Ruud in the final to complete the Career Golden Masters, becoming just the second player ever to lift trophies at all nine ATP Masters 1000 events.

This landmark victory at the Foro Italico caps an astonishing run for the Italian star. He now joins Novak Djokovic as the only men to achieve the rare feat since the Masters 1000 series started in 1990. What makes Sinner's accomplishment even more remarkable is his age, he has done it seven years younger than Djokovic did.

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