Jannik Sinner as common as Taylor Swift, at the very least in Italy: Andy Roddick revealed in his podcast Served with that the younger Italian has achieved unbelievable fame in his nation. The previous American legend stated that soccer – the preferred sport in Italy, had 1.3 million viewers on the identical day that Jannik performed on the ATP Finals, and during which it had 3 million viewers and doubled the soccer ranking.
“In Italy he is basically like Taylor Swift in the United States. I went on vacation this summer and everyone was talking about Sinner, everyone was asking me about him. There is great enthusiasm for this emergence of the young Italian,” defined Roddick.
“Sinner seemed like a joke, in the most positive way of the term. He won all the sets, conceding a maximum of 3/4 games to his opponents, these are results that you see a Junior do at 16 when he plays at home and is older and superior to his rivals. What Sinner has done on hard courts this year is absurd. He lost the fewest games to win the tournament, beating Roger Federer’s record,” added the American in his podcast.
Jannik Sinner, Davis Cup Finals 2024© Stream screenshot
The ATP No.1 gained his first ATP Finals title final Sunday, which topped an distinctive season. The Italian beat Alex De Minaur, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud and the American once more, within the ultimate, all with out shedding a single set.The 23-year-old’s season has been completely dreamy: 8 titles, together with the Australian Open, the US Open and the ATP Masters 1000 in Miami, Cincinnati, Shanghai. His numbers and stats are projecting him (and us who love tennis) into the brand new publish Massive 3 period.
We recall that, alongside his successes on the courts, Jannik has had an advanced season because of testing constructive for the doping drug Clostebol, discovered throughout the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. The Italian will now have to attend for the ultimate ruling from the CAS, after the enchantment made by WADA final September, with a request for a 1-2 12 months disqualification.
