Jannik Sinner couldn’t have performed higher in 2024. The Italian ace has been spectacular for nearly the complete season and – with out that hip harm in the course of the spring – he may have achieved an much more prestigious end result on the French Open and Wimbledon Championships.
Jannik’s numbers this season are actually spectacular, with eight titles and greater than 90% of matches gained in the course of the yr. The world No. 1 has by no means slowed down and has reached at the very least the quarterfinals in all of the tournaments he has performed, whereas his opponents have struggled to maintain up along with his tempo.
Jannik Sinner, ATP Finals 2024© Stream screenshot
It’s no coincidence that the 23-year-old from Sesto Pusteria ended the season with an enormous hole over his rivals within the ATP rankings, regardless of Sascha Zverev profitable many matches and Carlos Alcaraz profitable two Main titles in 2024 (French Open and Wimbledon). Sinner’s subsequent aim is to do even higher in 2025, which can be a really delicate yr for his profession. The Italian champion could possibly be disqualified from the CAS on the finish of the doping course of and it could be a really exhausting blow to his picture.
It’s not clear when the ultimate verdict can be issued, however the 2-time Grand Slam champion desires to remain targeted on tennis as he has executed in latest months. Throughout this season, the world No. 1 gained two Main titles, three Masters 1000 titles and the ATP Finals in Turin with out dropping a single set.
Steve Johnson talks about Sinner
The Italian ace surprises everybody along with his psychological power and his want to enhance regardless of successes, to fill the few gaps in his recreation. Throughout some follow classes in Monte Carlo earlier than the Nitto ATP Finals, Jannik was seen making an attempt out completely different racket fashions that he may use subsequent yr.
On the newest version of the ‘Nothing Major’ podcast, former American ace Steve Johnson spoke about Sinner’s option to attempt new rackets in the course of the season: “I don’t know if you guys saw this but maybe it was before Paris, but Sinner was trying new rackets. I think he was in Monte Carlo, trying a bunch of new frames. Is that weird?”
Johnson continued: “He is number one in the world, what is there that he needs to change? I feel like that’s an odd move. Maybe he is testing something but when you are number one in the world, winning slams, money is no issue. Am I off on that or is that normal?”
Regardless of all of the gamers being drained within the latter a part of the season, the 2-time Grand Slam champion was unstoppable on the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin. The world number one didn’t lose a single set throughout his run and no opponent gained greater than 4 video games in the identical set. A powerful dominance that requires the opposite gamers to search out new options in view of subsequent season.
A powerful 2024
The impression is that the Italian ace nonetheless has room for enchancment in some areas of the courtroom. The 23-year-old from Sesto Pusteria has been practising with former ATP ace Radek Stepanek currently to enhance his volleys, an extra testimony of his dedication to the game. Sinner’s serve has improved so much within the final twelve months and has grow to be a very harmful weapon. The two-time Grand Slam champion has suffered solely two breaks in all of the ATP Finals.
Jannik Sinner© Instagram Atp Tour / Honest Use
On the newest version of his podcast, former World No.1 Andy Roddick opened up on Jannik’s superb form on the ATP Finals: “It was fun. It was weird in turn. There weren’t that many close matches, right? It was, I think there was like one 3-setter, Fritz got through. But Jannik Sinner was a joke. I mean in the best possible way. He put up score lines, I wanna say it was like 4 and 3, 2 and 4, 4 and 4. He basically had to score 1 and 4 in the semis against Casper and then 4 and 4 again against Fritz in the final.”
Roddick continued: “Doing, checking his TC stay after which checking his rating traces, it is the rating traces that you just used to drop on folks once you had been 16 enjoying like in your state tournaments. And should you had been a very good junior, however like, after which type of take that out and increase it to the perfect on earth with no two yr age teams. What he is executed on exhausting courts this yr is absurd.”
Jannik will begin his 2025 immediately on the Australian Open, the place he’ll attempt to defend the title gained this yr. After the Blissful Slam, the Italian ace ought to know his destiny in relation to the doping case.
