Daniil Medvedev was a nightmare for Jannik Sinner, but now the situation seems irremediably reversed for the Russian. The young Italian beat his rival in the quarterfinals of The Six Kings Slam, dominating his opponent with the score of 6-0 6-3, conquering the eighth victory in the last nine head-to-head against Medvedev. If once the Russian was an almost unbeatable opponent for the Italian, now it seems that Jannik is almost unbeatable for Daniil.
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After the win, Sinner analyzed the victory against the Russian, who is continuing the very convincing path that extends from Cincinnati to Shanghai and that, basically, began with the victory in the Davis Cup 2023, with the negative parenthesis of the Clostebol doping-issue.
"For me it is a very beautiful moment, I have worked hard throughout my career to get to this position. Already towards the end of 2023 I started to play very well. The victory in the Davis Cup helped me a lot. Then the victory in Australia gave me a lot of confidence to express this level for the whole season. I want to continue to improve to be a stronger tennis player. Novak Djokovic and I know each other well and we hope it will be a good match," he said.
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On the progress of the match and the enthusiasm of the Riyadh crowd, the young Italian explained: "It was a great performance, also considering that I arrived a couple of days ago and I have trained only once on this court. I was really looking forward to coming here, because it is a special place. I thank the crowd for the support, see you tomorrow for the next match. All the people are very friendly and we are happy to be here. The atmosphere was nice."
Already certain of closing 2024 as ATP No.1, to be sure of remaining leader of the men's world ranking after the Australian Open 2025, even before playing them, the Italian athlete will have to maintain a 2000-point advantage over his rival Carlos Alcaraz. Sinner needs to earn 3000 points in total in the next three commitments: the threshold will drop if Alcaraz does not naturally obtain the maximum in the tournaments. Both are expected above all at the 2024 edition of the Nitto ATP Finals, where they could play for the victory of the event.
Nick Kyrgios Shares a Harsh Post Against Sinner
Nick Kyrgios announced on News Corp's Code Sports podcast that he will return to the court at the World Tennis League in Abu Dhabi in December, to prepare for the 2025 tennis season and, in particular, the next edition of the Australian Open.
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"I will return because there is something that pushes me to do it. I have beaten everyone, I have played a Slam final, I have won many titles and I have earned a lot of money. Now everything is open, I can win a Slam. I want to silence everyone by winning a Slam. Me a bad guy? I have been labeled that way because I am different from normal tennis players. I don't think the Australian crowd thinks that way, even if at the beginning of my career they considered me a murderer," he said.
While waiting to return to the court, however, the Australian has decided to continue publishing posts and comments against Sinner on the Clostebol doping-issue case.
This time, again on X, Kyrgios shared a post from a user who - without any evidence or source - makes a heavy and diabolical accusation against the ATP number 1 and his team.
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"Clostebol is used to mask heavy doping cycles. They had the spray in their bag to have an ALIBI. Within 5 minutes they knew about the contamination. And let's go!!!" wrote the user, as Kyrgios also reported after sharing this post. In short, it's now a really tough feud between the Australian and the Italian, even if Sinner has never responded to Kyrigos.
