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Rotterdam Open: Jannik Sinner beats Alex de Minaur to rise to third in world

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Jannik Sinner will climb to a career-high third in the world ranking after beating Alex de Minaur in straight sets to win the Rotterdam Open.

The Australian Open champion will become Italy's highest-ranked male player in history after beating world number 11 De Minaur 7-5 6-4.

It is a 12th career title for Sinner, who has now won 15 consecutive matches.

"I'm really proud of the level I played at throughout this whole week," said the 22-year-old.

"We have done a really good job some weeks ago [at the Australian Open] and now we did a very, very good job here.