For the second 12 months in a row, Jannik Sinner has received the Followers’ Favourite Singles Participant award on the ATP Awards, the end-of-year awards for males’s tennis.
The previous American tennis participant John Isner mentioned he was very shocked by the award received by the Australian Open and US Open champion. Talking on the podcast he hosts with Sam Querrey, Jack Sock and Steve Johnson, Isner was shocked by the end result of this vote. Not due to the Italian’s worth in itself, clearly, however due to the whole debate surrounding the doping concern and the Clostebol case that arose consequently.
“I’m a little surprised. Not because of his personality, but his 2024 has been a little polarizing, because of the positive test that he was cleared of. A lot of people didn’t like that and the fact that he was able to continue playing. So I thought that sentiment might hurt him a little bit in terms of fan favorite voting, but apparently that didn’t happen, so kudos to him,” mentioned the American.
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As is understood, Sinner might nonetheless obtain a ban from tennis, because the Courtroom of Arbitration for Sport should determine after Wada’s attraction. The listening to isn’t but scheduled however won’t be held earlier than mid-February, with Sinner in a position to go to Australia to play the primary Slam of 2025. In fact, there have been plenty of criticisms round Jannik, within the current months, like all of the statements launched by Nick Kyrgios since August 2024.
“I’m not surprised. He’s the number one in the world. He’s had one of the best seasons ever and that’s fair enough. But for me Carlos Alcaraz seems like he has maybe a little more personality, that’s why I thought Alcaraz could win the fan favorite award,” he defined.
