Jannik Sinner is the absolute protagonist of this start of 2024. The fans are beaming, but there is someone who still reserves barbs
Something has now changed since the final phase of 2023. After difficult years and with problems in showing his talent, the South Tyrolean champion Jannik Sinner he managed to unlock himself and show everyone his true identity. The numbers of the Italian tennis player in the last 6-7 months are nothing short of impressive.
In general everything has changed since the Wimbledon semi-final last year, Sinner managed to break free against the big names on the circuit (he had never managed to win before) and achieved a series of positive results. From the victory of the Davis Cup to the extraordinary series of this first part of the season: the champion from San Candido is clearly first in the Race and second in the ATP rankings.
25 wins and 2 losses, successes such as those in Rotterdam, Miami and above all the Australian Open, the main gem of this first phase of his young career. First place at the ATP is not far away, Jannik is about 1300 points behind Novak Djokovic and between the next clay court tournaments and Wimbledon he could even find himself overtaking. Not everyone thinks this way, the Italian tennis legend Nicola Pietrangeli spoke about this.
Jannik Sinner, Pietrangeli warns him: frozen fans
Pietrangeli he spoke during the presentation of the Internazionali d’Italia in Rome, a tournament that will take place in a few weeks and which will see Sinner and all of Italian tennis in general among the protagonists. The Italian champion clarified his position and stated: “As far as numbers are concerned, Sinner is currently already number oneit’s not a question of numbers or computers that for me all this is already wrong.”
Then he spoke about it: “I think Sinner can wait a little longer for first place we’ll talk about it next year. Also because Djokovic is still there and we will see what he will do in the next tournaments, starting from Rome itself.” The Serbian champion is in difficulty, in 2024 he still has 0 titles.
It must be said that last year at this stage of the season he was the protagonist of a total exploit and won both Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Now there are the Paris Olympics, priorities of both Sinner and Djokovic and this goes beyond the rankings. We’ll see whether the blue will succeed in overtaking or not, it will depend a lot on his performance on clay but above all on Djokovic and whether or not he will decline on this surface.
