Sinner is Harsh Actuality Examine

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Photograph credit score: Shi Tang/Getty

Jannick Sinner is the world’s finest participant and a harsh actuality verify for Daniil Medvedev.

The highest-seeded Sinner has gained seven of his final eight conferences vs. Medvedev forward of their round-robin showdown on Wednesday on the ATP Finals in Turin.

Extra: TC Suspends Jon Wertheim

In a topsy-turvy Australian Open closing final January, Sinner roared again from a two-set deficit defeating Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 to seize his maiden main championship.

The 22-year-old Sinner made historical past as the primary Italian to win the Australian Open singles crown and follows legendary Adriano Pannatta, the 1976 Roland Garros champion, as the primary Italian man in 48 years to boost a Grand Slam title trophy.

Forward of their Turin rematch, Medvedev stated the hardest problem of dealing with the Italian is you may play your finest tennis and nonetheless lose.

“I really feel like, it will sound unusual as a result of I misplaced a number of matches, however I really feel like tactically I do know what I’ve to do,” Medvedev informed the media in Flip. “It is only a downside the man’s enjoying actually good. You are able to do one of the best match doable tactically, tennis-wise, and you’ll nonetheless lose. That is the truth. It isn’t a straightforward actuality.

“Now as I stated after the match in the present day, I am prepared, I am going out, I play my tennis, I lose straightforward, it is okay. I win straightforward, it is excellent. I lose robust, it is okay. I win robust, it is excellent. I’ll see the way it goes. I’ll attempt to put together effectively tactically and I’ll simply go for it.”