Can Jannik Sinner emulate what the Massive 3 did?

He’s definitely the protagonist tennis participant of the primary quarter of 2024: Jannik Sinner is dominating the ATP Tour. That is demonstrated by the 15 victories in 15 official matches performed this season. Particularly on hard-courts, the younger Italian appears really unbeatable. The victory on the Australian Open licensed his standing. At 23 and with a complete profession forward of him, Jannik can turn into one of many rulers of the ATP Tour for the subsequent 15 years.

Can he emulate what the Massive 3 did? Does Sinner have the numbers to do what Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer did?

Clearly, emulating any of the Massive 3 will likely be unimaginable for anybody. However Sinner has the possibility to not less than get nearer to them. The Italian participant appears unstoppable in the mean time and has already collected an vital sequence of consecutive victories, in 2024, which have allowed him to safe two titles, and compete for the quantity 2 within the ATP world rating, between Indian Wells and Miami. He may additionally turn into ATP No.1 after the top of the Roland Garros.

However what Sinner has, maybe greater than his tennis gamers of the identical age, is the method, mentality and seriousness, mixed with a humility and, on the identical time, ambition, that solely nice champions have.

In some ways, Jannik is a bit harking back to Djokovic. Strong, robotic, devoted to work, a perfectionist, with unbelievable psychological power.

Too early, clearly, to make such vital comparisons, however the path taken appears to be the best one.

Jannik Sinner within the final 43 units performed

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— Mario Boccardi (@marioboc17) March 13, 2024

Within the meantime, the Italian has turn into the second Below 23 tennis participant within the Open Period to open a brand new yr with this profitable streak, behind solely Stefan Edberg, method again in 1987.

Jannik can obtain the unimaginable

Many followers naturally imagine that Carlos Alcaraz is likely one of the few athletes who can beat the 22-year-old Italian within the ATP Grasp 1000 in Indian Wells, however will probably be extraordinarily robust for the Spaniard, as for anybody.: Sinner has proven a powerful stage on the courtroom since first rounds and might concretely play his possibilities to win the trophy, which might already be the third of the season, contemplating the elimination of Novak Djokovic on the opposite aspect of the draw.

Sinner will play within the quarterfinals in opposition to his Czech peer Jiri Lehecka, a really respectable opponent who eradicated each Andrey Rublev and Stefanos Tsitsipas. The event will likely be propitious to enhance the present document of victories. Having achieved Andre Agassi and Djokovic’s end in 2023, Sinner can equal Roger Federer’s rating in 2006, 16 successes in a row.

Very pleased with my match. Tomorrow is a brand new day 😃 🌴 #forza pic.twitter.com/T2cJSNRfE3

— Jannik Sinner (@janniksin) March 13, 2024

Listed here are the objectives which have entered historical past and presently precede the nonetheless open certainly one of Sinner:

Novak Djokovic 41-0 in 2011
Novak Djokovic 26-0 in 2020
Rafael Nadal 20-0 in 2022
Pete Sampras (1997), Novak Djokovic (2013) and Roger Federer (2018) 17-0
Roger Federer 16-0 in 2006
Jannik Sinner (2024), Andre Agassi (1995) and Novak Djokovic (2023) 15-0

To overhaul Pete Sampras and get on the rostrum, counting solely the very best document recorded by every tennis participant, Sinner might want to win the Bnp Paribas Open.
At that time, contemplating one other lengthy competitors just like the Miami open, Jannik may enhance on the 20-0 just lately recorded by Nadal in that great 2022.

Talking on the press convention after the match gained in opposition to Ben Shelton, within the 4th spherical of the BNP Paribas Open, Jannik analyzed:

“Within the first set there have been key moments with decisive factors and even earlier than the tiebreak I instantly needed to save break factors. Within the tiebreak I used to be forward then I made some errors and he got here again however I completed effectively and I am happy with my response within the first set.

 Belief is given, however I by no means take something with no consideration. I am going into each match making an attempt to do my finest and keep mentally targeted, day-after-day there’s a completely different opponent and this time I used to be in opposition to somebody with an awesome serve.”

Jannik then talked about his subsequent opponent within the quarter-finals, Jiri Lehecka: “I can not wait to face new challenges, now I do not know my opponent, we performed 5 years in the past however I did not bear in mind him: He’s enjoying very effectively and I’ve to be targeted from the primary level to point out good tennis.

The difficulties of the primary set? Properly, you’ll be able to solely study by dropping sure factors and encounters and I misplaced many of those challenges. You simply have to just accept this and work, I am younger however I’ve had actually unhealthy defeats. In the present day I may have misplaced the primary set, it was actually robust, however alternatively it’s a must to keep constructive and in the mean time I believe I’ve the best perspective.”

Sinner talked alsop in regards to the development of his serve and defined: “If you end up younger it’s straightforward to enhance, you develop bodily by working within the fitness center and you may serve sooner. This yr I flip 23 and I hope to stay fixed and enhance my serve, I I modified my motion final yr and there is actually a whole lot of work behind it.”