Jannik Sinner has won three of the previous five Major events! World no. 1 conquered two Australian Open crowns and completed his hard-court domination with the US Open trophy. Not stopping there, the 23-year-old is ready to taste the victory on clay and grass this season!
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Jannik plans to attack Roland Garros and Wimbledon in the upcoming months. He hopes to bring the necessary improvements to his game and raise the level on clay and grass. Sinner fell in the Roland Garros semi-final and the Wimbledon quarter-final last year.
He did not play badly on "natural"surfaces, losing two five-setters and forcing his rivals run for their money. Jannik led two sets to one against Carlos Alcaraz in the last four in Paris. However, he could not deliver the finishing strike.
Carlos recovered his game and provided 11 consecutive holds. The Italian could not follow that pace, dropping sets four and five and ending his run in the semi-final. A couple of weeks later at Wimbledon, world no. 1 lost to Daniil Medvedev after another thriller.
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The Italian did not feel well the previous night, sleeping poorly and requiring a medical timeout during the match. Despite that, Sinner had a chance to move through. He wasted a set point in the third set and dominated the fourth to force a decider.
However, Medvedev stood stronger and sealed the deal to book the semi-final ticket. While he still awaits to lift a trophy at the European Majors, there is nothing wrong with Jannik's game in Melbourne and New York! The Italian defended his Australian Open title in style.
The world's best player dropped two sets in Melbourne and ousted Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in the title clash en route to his third Major trophy at 23.
"You have to be a complete player and produce good results on all three surfaces, not only on one. I had a good run on clay and grass last year, but I can do better. There are some questions, and I will answer them by playing. I'm still young and have time to adjust, especially on grass.
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I never played junior tournaments, and this surface was new to me when I arrived on the Tour. I like the difficulties while trying to understand where I can improve. Hopefully, I can show that this season," Jannik Sinner said.
