Tennis - ATP Finals - The O2, London, Britain - November 17, 2019 Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas celebrates winning the ATP Finals with the trophy REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
LONDON (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal will end the year as the world's top-ranked player and the "big three" retained their stranglehold on the Grand Slam titles, but when Stefanos Tsitsipas was crowned ATP Finals champion on Sunday it felt like a watershed moment.
"I believe I'm really close on being crowned a Grand Slam champion. I know these are strong words that I say, but I do feel like I belong to be there," the 21-year-old Greek boldly claimed after beating Dominic Thiem.
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