Other than Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray, within the final twenty years nobody had managed to succeed in the semi-finals within the three predominant tournaments at first of the season.
Moreover, solely 5 different gamers since 1990 – the date from which the schedule will be in comparison with the present one – had managed to realize this outcome, they usually have been Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Thomas Muster and Marcelo Rios.
Now Jannik Sinner additionally acquired this wonderful milestone.
Solely the Fab 4, since 2002, had managed to succeed in the semi-finals of the Australian Open, Indian Wells and Miami in the identical yr. This season the Italian tennis participant additionally joined this small circle of champions who’ve achieved this outcome.
Sinner, who along with burning all of the data at a nationwide degree, in 2024 is definitively attaining outcomes that solely the best champions within the historical past of tennis had managed to realize.
• Novak Djokovic
• Roger Federer
• Rafael Nadal
• Andy Murray
• Jannik Sinner5 gamers have been capable of attain the final 4 at Australian Open, Indian Wells and Miami in the identical season over the previous 22 years👇🏼 https://t.co/ffdy1neJ3v
— Mario Boccardi (@marioboc17) March 27, 2024
📊lls se sont qualifiés pour les 1/2 finales de l’Open d’Australie, Indian Wells et Miami au cours d’une même saison :
🇨🇭 Roger Federer (x5)
🇷🇸 Novak Djokovic (x4)
🇸🇪 Stefan Edberg (x2)
🇺🇸 Pete Sampras (x2)
🇺🇸 Andre Agassi (x2)
🇪🇸 Rafael Nadal (x2)
🇦🇹 Thomas Muster
🇨🇱 Marcelo… pic.twitter.com/VgvwvlKkud— Jeu, Set et Maths (@JeuSetMaths) March 27, 2024
Jannik Sinner’s extraordinary begin to the season
Jannik is now a relentless within the closing levels of tournaments and his few will be counted in a single hand. The present ATP No.3 solely misplaced the semifinal of the ATP Grasp 1000 in Indian Wells towards the longer term champion of the event Carlos Alcaraz.
Within the different two tournaments he took half in, the Australian Open and the ATP 500 in Rotterdam, he was the one who in the end lifted the trophy.
Now the semi-final towards Daniil Medvedev in Miami, reached by taking part in much less overwhelming tennis than in earlier weeks however nonetheless profitable, has allowed Jannik to equal the Fab 4’s determine. And Sinner went even additional, annihilating Medvedev in straight units and reaching the third closing of the season, the second in a row in Miami.
The top-to-head stability between the 2 nonetheless leans in favor of the Russian, forward 6-5 in head-to-head matches, however the final 5 matches, together with yesterday’s semi-final on the Miami Open, have been all gained by the Italian tennis participant, together with the memorable Australian Open closing earlier this yr.