Turnaround comes for Jannik Sinner, the news of his numbers is impressive and gives yet another proof of his great strength
Carlos Alcaraz’s exit at the Cincinnati Masters 1000 gave Jannik Sinner great breathing room. The Spanish tennis player was resoundingly beaten by Gael Monfils 4-6, 7-6, 6-4. And out of nervousness he also broke a racket, an atypical behavior for someone like Carlitos, who until that moment had been expressing beautiful tennis.
Evidently, the fatigues of the Olympic Games had taken their toll. Alcaraz saw his chance to move ahead of Jannik Sinner in the ATP rankings in the short term slip away. His goal before the end of the year, as stated by himself, is to become No. 1 in the Race. Which will not happen until after the US Open.
Sinner, therefore, has a chance to face the last Slam of the season with serenity. The goal would be to go all the way, but his physical condition is very precarious. The hip problem has affected so much the last months of the Italian tennis player, beyond tonsillitis that prevented him from participating in the Olympics generating so much controversy. The latest news concerning Sinner, however, still gives an important fact about his performance.
Awesome data on Sinner: he is the first to succeed
The impressive fact about Jannik Sinner in 2024 is that in the eleven tournaments he has played on the ATP major circuit, he has advanced to at least the quarterfinals every time he has participated. Dozens of victories that allowed him to become No. 1 in the rankings, the first Italian in history to do so. Winning the Australian Open and at the Miami Masters 1000 the most important achievements of the season.
Not forgetting wins at the ATP 500 in Rotterdam and Halle, with semifinals at Roland Garros. On concrete, the greatest results are expected, much will depend on how the US Open ends, where the highest achievement was the quarterfinals reached in 2022. Improving that score would be splendid.
And then it will be time for other important tournaments, such as those in Beijing and Vienna-where he won last year-as well as the ATP Finals and maybe even the Davis Cup, if Italy manages to get through the round in Bologna. Sinner wants to break more records, the hope is that he will be physically whole by resolving his hip problem permanently, to bounce back after some disappointments and to keep up with Alcaraz at least until the end of the year.
