According to Roger Federer who follows him with great interest, Jannik Sinner deserved the number one spot.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion and the recent Australian Open winner never played against each other on the ATP Tour because things just never aligned properly. As Sinner was coming up, Federer was already dealing with injuries and didn’t play that much.
It’s unfortunate that it remains one of the moments that the Italian missed out on, and wanted to experience. He had dreamed about facing Federer on a tennis court but ultimately never got a chance to do so.
They practiced once together, in Halle, which was a few years ago, and Sinner recently talked about it. Federer also talked about the Italian during an interview with the Gazette recently, in which he admitted that Sinner deserved the number one ranking. He’s a player Federer follows with ‘great interest’.
“Sinner deserves the no. 1, he is playing great and he is a very good guy, very sweet. I follow him with great interest.”