Sinner, of Italy, sweeps US Open title for second Grand Slam triumph

New York - Jannik Sinner beat Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 with a relentless baseline game to win the U.S. Open men's championship on Sunday, less than three weeks after being exonerated in a doping case.

The No. 1-ranked Sinner, a 23-year-old from Italy, won the second Grand Slam trophy of his nascent career - the other was at the Australian Open in January - and prevented No. 12 Fritz from ending a major title dr