Jannik Sinner’s growth in recent months has been impressive
Not even the most optimistic of his fans would have believed twelve months ago in such an important change and instead Jannik Sinner has finally found its consecration. The world’s number one has played this year 40 games where he has achieved 37 victories and 3 defeats, all arrived in the final phase of the tournament.
The growth of the player from San Candido was impressive, Sinner ended 2023 with the final at the Atp Finals in Turin and the victory of the Davis Cup, an extraordinary event that confirmed the rebirth of our tennis.
Now Jannik has won the Australian Open and a series of tournaments and, whatever the surface, he manages to show all his talent. One figure specifically highlights the huge strides made by the tennis player this season, Sinner ended with 37 wins and only 3 losses, imitating the record made by Bjorn Borg in the distant 1978.
Jannik Sinner equals Bjorn Borg
Few have done better than Jannik Sinner, only six tennis players throughout history and leads this ranking the phenomenon Novak Djokovic. In 2011, the Serbian champion managed to win all the first 40 games played in that calendar year, a record that has never been more successful in the history of the sport.
Immediately behind the Americans Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe while Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer did slightly better, with 38 wins and 2 defeats. The Swiss achieved this record in 2005 while Rafa achieved this in 2013.
For the Australian Open champion it has been important the number of meetings he has been able to play in Germany, which allows him to quickly take the competitive pace in grass, focused on reaching London.
“We all want to get to London in the best possible way. I’m glad I had the opportunity to play four singles matches here, which is a lot, plus two doubles matches. I’ve played a lot on grass this first week, next week I’ll train instead.”