Jannik Sinner has been in Dubai for nearly two weeks and is practising onerous with all his crew members for the beginning of the brand new season. The world No. 1 – who left everybody speechless in 2024 – desires to realize even brighter outcomes subsequent yr and is aware of he wants to enhance in some areas of his recreation.
Throughout observe classes within the UAE, the 2-time Grand Slam champion targeted primarily on serving and variations to make his recreation much more unpredictable. The Italian ace has improved rather a lot within the final yr and his outcomes have been really distinctive, with eight titles gained and solely six defeats suffered from January till November.
Jannik Sinner, Cincinnati 2024© Stream screenshot
The regularity of the 23-year-old from Sesto Pusteria additionally made the distinction within the ATP rating, the place Jannik created a very big hole over all his opponents. It’s no coincidence that his nice rival Carlos Alcaraz is nearly 5000 factors away regardless of profitable Roland Garros and Wimbledon in 2024.
Sinner is already sure to stay on the high of the ATP rating even after the Australian Open, however his future might be conditioned by the choice of the CAS in Lausanne. The trial regarding his doping case is not going to happen earlier than February 11, 2025 and the Italian champion dangers struggling a disqualification of 1 to 2 years.
Kalinskaya does not reply
The two-time Grand Slam champion has already proven that he has extraordinary psychological power and doesn’t let himself be influenced by occasions off the tennis court docket. The identical goes for gossip, along with his love-story with Anna Kalinskaya that has attracted loads of speculations in latest months.
Kalinskaya and Sinner© @mxss1mo X account
After a interval of obvious disaster – triggered by Anna’s non-presence on the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin – the couple appears to have reconciled and Sinner flew to Miami firstly of December to rejoice his girlfriend’s birthday. The 2 gamers choose to maintain their love-story confidential, as confirmed by the Russian participant in latest days. The WTA star was lately interviewed forward of the 2025 Australian Open, however when requested a query about Jannik she most popular to not reply.
“As tennis players we are, you know, different. I am different also to other tennis players. But for sure I always try to support her. She also tries to support me, giving some positive energy,” the Italian ace stated in an interview through the Beijing ATP 500 in October.
The way forward for tennis
Regardless of some robust moments off the court docket, there isn’t a doubt that Sinner was the perfect participant on the earth in 2024. The world #1 has totaled spectacular numbers, similar to to make his season among the best of all time. As if that wasn’t sufficient, the Italian ace gained the ATP Finals in entrance of his followers with out dropping a single set and dragged Italy to victory on the Davis Cup Finals for the second yr in a row.
Though they haven’t confronted one another in a Grand Slam last, everybody has understood that Sinner and Alcaraz signify the way forward for this sport. The Italian and Spaniard – who’ve already performed some unimaginable matches in opposition to one another – have equally break up the 4 Main titles in 2024.
Sinner and Alcaraz© @poomanblev X account
The 21-year-old from Murcia turned the youngest participant ever to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the identical season, reaching spectacular peaks between spring and summer season. Jannik – who was defeated by his nice rival 3 times in as many clashes in 2024 – was way more constant all year long and ended the season with a rare 73-6 report.
Throughout a protracted interview with ‘Tennis Magazin’, present World No.2 Alexander Zverev talked about Sinner and Alcaraz: “I’ve known Jannik since he was 16 or 17 years old. He trained with Riccardo Piatti near Monte Carlo. Whenever it rained, we went there because there was a hall there. So I’ve known him since he was a young boy at the academy.
In terms of tennis, he absolutely deserves to be number one in the world. He has won two Grand Slam titles, three Masters titles and the ATP Finals. He is the best player in the world, he has won the most titles.”
The German champion added: “Carlos is someone I really get on well with.
We’ve had some special moments together, playing the biggest matches against each other on the court and spending a bit more time together off the court. That’s what has developed.
Every time we play, and every time we’ve played this year, it’s been a very high level with a lot of entertainment to watch and it’s just fun to be on the court with him.”
