Djokovic-Sinner is a valid match for the group stage of the Atp Finals 2023: schedule, news, predictions, live TV and streaming.
The latest taboo to break, for Jannik Sinner, is called Novak Djokovic. After overcoming the Medvedev obstacle, a player who until a few months ago, before the finals in Beijing and Vienna, seemed to be the kryptonite of the South Tyrolean, the number one of Italy will attempt to climb the highest mountain, the Everest of tennis if you will, against the most successful player ever, still as hungry for victories as in the early days of his career.
The match between Sinner and Nole is surely the most anticipated match since the draw, and the Turin audience hopes to see it again in an eventual final as well. The two did not miss the opener, with the Italian not denying the predictions of the eve against Stefanos Tsitsipas, settled with a double 6-4 in just under an hour and a half. For the Serb, on the other hand, it was more complicated than expected to impose himself on another Next Gen with a bright future like Holger Rune, who, like two weeks ago in Bercy, made the 24-time Slam winner suffer, keeping him on the court for more than three hours. A hard-fought success, which, however, was worth defending – regardless of how it will turn out in Turin – the top spot in the Atp ranking in 2023, an award he even received for the eighth time in his career.
No previous record on concrete
Djokovic has so far always beaten Sinner in the previous three, played on clay and grass. In 2021 he prevailed over the Italian in Monte Carlo, in 2022 and 2023 instead he came out on top at Wimbledon, the first time after coming back from 2-0 down to 3-2.
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No head-to-head on concrete, either outdoor or indoor, a detail that gives more unpredictability to this challenge, which in all likelihood puts first place and qualification to the knockout stage at stake. Sinner, even in the event of a knockout, would remain master of his own fate, having to face Rune on the final day of the round robin.
The prediction
Another maturity exam for Sinner. Who for the ultimate consecration is called to dispel this last taboo as well. The South Tyrolean has grown so much in the second half of the season, but in front of him he will have a “cannibal,” undefeated since his defeat at Wimbledon last July and back from 16 wins in a row. Bookmakers obviously say Djokovic but it is likely that Sinner will be able to take the match to the third set.
