Jannik Sinner decided to wish all his fans a happy new year by posting a video on his Instagram stories. The Italian tennis player posted the video of his last serve of 2024 exactly as he did twelve months ago.
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The Italian tennis player has been training in Monte Carlo these days to prepare for the Australian Open, a tournament in which he will be called to defend the title he won twelve months ago. It was a dream 2024 from a sporting point of view for Sinner with 73 victories in 79 matches, two Grand Slam titles (Australian Open and US Open), three Masters 1000, eight ATP titles in total including the ATP Finals and second consecutive success in the Davis Cup.
To crown it all, the world number 1 at the end of the season. In a year in which he also had to live with the situation related to the positivity to Clostebol recorded in March at Indian Wells and which certainly affected his performances in certain situations.
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An issue that should see its conclusion between February and March with the pronouncement of the CAS after the appeal of the World Anti-Doping Agency which requests a disqualification for negligence for the number 1 in the world.
Jannik Sinner's approach to the Australian Open
In the meantime, while waiting for this pronouncement, Sinner after two weeks of preparation in Dubai, a few days in Sesto Pusteria with his loved ones, for Christmas, in Monte Carlo has refined his preparation. The date of the flight to Australia is scheduled for tomorrow, January 2. No preparation tournament played before as in 2024.
If last year he had played two matches in the traditional exhibition of the Kooyong Classic this year he will play two exhibition matches in the Opening Week of the Australian Open to become familiar with the courts of Melbourne Park. On January 7th he will play with Alexei Popyrin, while on the 10th there will be the challenge with Stefanos Tsitsipas. From January 12th to 26th then off to the Australian Open 2025.
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