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The 23-year-old held his arms aloft and looked up to the sky as he became the first player since Guillermo Vilas in 1977 to win his first two Grand Slam titles in the same season.
It was more straightforward in New York as he rarely looked troubled by Fritz, who struggled to build any momentum.
"I know we have been waiting for a champion for a long time so I'm sorry I couldn't get it done this time," said Fritz.
Sinner said the title "meant so much because the last period of my career was not easy" before he became tearful and dedicated the victory to his aunt.
"It's nice I can still share these moments with her. She is an important person in my life and still is.
Sinner was ruled to bear no fault or negligence for the positive tests by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), which found he had been inadvertently contaminated by his physiotherapist.
But he has seemingly been able to put the controversy behind him, manoeuvring his way through tough tests against Britain's Jack Draper and 2021 champion Medvedev.
Refusing to dwell on the first set, Fritz improved and made the second a closer affair, losing just two points in four service games.
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is a senior sports writer at Sport24, based in Johannesburg. He's been reporting on national sports for the past decade.
It has been nearly 50 years since a man won their first and second Grand Slam titles in the same season, and Sinner is now a long way clear of the rest at the top of the rankings.
He was not at the peak of his powers for the entire two weeks, but still only dropped two sets and saved his best for the final.
Andy Roddick, who was watching from the stands, remains the last American man to lift a major singles trophy, having won the US Open in 2003.