The evaluation is by the previous ATP world quantity 3 Ivan Ljubicic, who described Jannik Sinner’s path in direction of defending the title on the Australian Open 2025, ranging from the distinction between the ATP No.1 and the remainder of the Tour.
The Italian appears nearly to not have, along with the perfect Carlos Alcaraz – wanting on the 3-0 in favor of the Spaniard within the head-to-head of 2024 – within the ATP Tour and there are various statistics to certify it: on the hard-court, the 23-year-old has reached 21 consecutive victories within the Slams, in addition to the present 33-1 file from Cincinnati (event from which the Clostebol affair was additionally made public).
“The difference between him and the others is increasingly clear. I believe that this tournament above all will give him a lot of strength also from a mental point of view, because he had many physical difficulties and still managed to come out of them with experience,” stated Roger Federer’s former coach, in an interview for Sky Sport concerning the Melbourne remaining gained by Jannik in opposition to Alexander Zverev.
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“In the final he seemed at 110% and this is a very important fact to understand that during a Major there are difficulties and it is necessary to find a way to deal with them, because afterwards everything could be easier. It often happens that a final is ‘easier’ than a third or fourth round,” underlined Ljubicic, referring to the efforts of the Italian within the match in opposition to Holger Rune, during which he had multiple drawback on a bodily stage however was in a position to win the match anyway.
“He is very calm and continues to bring in positive experiences. This title is a proof of his superiority over all the others, because there really was no match. Zverev was in great difficulty, especially with the forehand. Jannik was lucky in that point where the ball hit the net and ended up in Sascha’s half of the court, but a champion is also accompanied by good luck,” added the Croatian.
