now it's time to hear from the champion Yanik sner your first US Open the first Italian man to claim this title in [Music] history what does it mean to you Yanik yeah it's uh hello every one first of all and I would like to start with Taylor he's uh I know how much work he he puts in um you're doing an amazing job uh congrats to you Taylor and and the whole team um it's it's it's so nice to see you in big stages like this and uh I'm quite sure that you are going to play many of those so I wish you best of luck for for the future um and this title for me means means so much because the the last period of of my career was was really not easy um that is my my team who who supports me every day the people who are close to me um it's uh I love thann is I I I practice a lot for for this kind of stages but I also realize that off the court there is there is a life I I would like to dedicate this this uh title to to my aunt um because she is really not feeling well healthwise I don't know how much I I still have her in my life so um I it's it's so nice that I can share positive moment still still with her she she was a very important person for my life and then then she still is so um if there would be the biggest wish I I would wish everyone the the the the best health to to everyone but unfortunately it's not possible but you came into this tournament saying I'm not sure I have very high expectations for someone with low expect ations for how he might perform how did you get this done over two weeks I did pretty well I guess no it's uh you know we we just went day by day you know trying to to practice well even in the days of believing in ourself which is the most important um I understood especially in this tournament how how important the the mental part is in this Sport and I guess in in every sport so uh yeah I'm very happy very proud to share this moment moment with with my team I know there are a lot of people watching from home but I would like to thanks everyone for being so fair in this in this amazing Arena so it's uh it was a huge pleasure finally Dr hanline said it you are number one in the world Far and Away you've now won two major titles this year to put in perspective how difficult that is you were only the fourth man in more than 50 years to win your first two major titles in the same calendar year you have had a hell of a year how would you phrase it how would you describe the year yeah incredible no it's uh so many big wins for me this season um starting off with Australia and then then playing so well there which then gave me confidence for for till now but you know we the work never never stops um I know that I still can improve as we saw also today a couple of things but you know you have to be proud with with what you have and the rest you you have to go for it you have to work for it so I can't wait for uh for my contined process thank you congratulations and now comes the real fun stuff first to present you with a check for $3,600,000 Claudia jury from JP Morgan many many congratulations you have made Italy proud and I wore the orange just for you thank so much I appr appreciate it congratulations thank you so much thank you and now to present the Champions Trophy Andre Agy take a step forward your 2024 US Open men's Champion yanii cner pretty thoughtful young man huh talking about famine y perspective he's gained perspective in many ways this season he's also gained a lot of fans and a nice slew of titles to go with [Music] it he's kind of like that uh the duck paddling on the water isn't he looks real smooth on the surface you talked about how languid his movement is but there's been a lot of turbulence under the water for him in this season and he's persevered