Jannik Sinner told ‘someone will stop you’ as Daniil Medvedev uses Novak Djokovic example

Daniil Medvedev admits Jannik Sinner is “in the zone” and “feeling great” at the moment due to his winning streak, but the former world No 1 warns that all unbeaten runs come to an end.

Sinner is currently on an 18-match winning streak as he won three matches at the backend of the 2023 season and he has remained unbeaten in 2024.

His 15-0 start to this year puts him joint-eighth for the best start to an ATP Tour season and he could move up another place on the list if he wins his quarter-final match against Jiri Lehecka at the Indian Wells Open on Thursday.

Medvedev is one of the players whom Sinner has beaten during his streak as the Italian defeated him 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 3–6 in the Australian Open final in January.

Confidence is no doubt sky-high for the reigning world No 3 – whose last defeat was at the hands of Djokovic in the ATP Finals final – but Medvedev knows that all good things come to an end as he used Novak Djokovic’s 2010-2011 unbeaten run as a case in point.

Djokovic won 43 matches in a row before Roger Federer ended his run at the 2011 French Open.

“I think I had two big runs in my career. One was 21 and the other was 20 wins, something like this. Well, I never thought I’d be able to do it,” Medvedev said.

“It’s a great feeling to have. You know, the tie-breaks like we saw yesterday, you know the serve is going to go on the line, the return is going to go frame in. You know what you have to do. You’re in the zone and it’s a great feeling, and that’s for sure the feeling he has right now.

“At one moment it always stops. I think Novak has the record, 46 [it was 43] or something. Still, someone stopped him. I don’t even know who it was.

“But if me or someone else is playing Jannik, I do think in the locker room doesn’t make much. You know, you go on the court, you try to win. You know, the more wins, the more titles you have in your career, Grand Slams, whatever, the more you have the confidence in yourself that I could do it, that you can do it.

“So not much more to add, for sure. Confidence helps him, but there is going to be someone who will stop him. Maybe not here; maybe later. If I play him, I will try my best to win.”