By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, March 28, 2024
Olympic gold-medal champion Alexander Zverev sees Jannik Sinner as the sport’s future gold customary.
Requested after his Miami Open quarterfinal win if he thinks Sinner is able to rise to No. 1 this 12 months, Zverev joked “I feel he sucks.”
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On a severe not, Zverev stated Sinner’s efficiency this season places him on tempo to be a dominant future world No. 1.
Pointing to the 22-year-old Italian’s very good 20-1 begin to the season, Zverev stated if Sinner sustains this degree, he might be No. 1 on the planet “for the subsequent 10 years.”
“Look, he gained the Australian Open, gained Rotterdam, and he is what, [20-1] thus far this 12 months?” Zverev informed the media in Miami. “I feel you probably have these form of statistics, it’s totally logical that you simply’re on the appropriate path and also you’re on the way in which to be there, proper?
“Do I feel that he’ll be as unbeatable as he’s thus far this 12 months? I do not know. As a result of proper now he is misplaced one match.
“It is unbelievable. It is like a statistic like Djokovic began in his greatest years. Federer began like this in his greatest years. Rafa began like this I feel as soon as in his profession.”
Former US Open finalist Zverev stated he is learning Sinner in an effort to cease the Australian Open champion’s ascent to the highest spot.
“If he retains it like that, then he is not solely going to be No. 1 on the planet, he’ll be No. 1 on the planet for the subsequent 10 years,” Zverev stated. “But it surely’s as much as him and it is also as much as me, as much as Carlos, as much as Daniil, as much as Novak as nicely to cease him from doing that.
“After all he is anyone that we now in all probability look out for, you realize, considered one of two or three gamers that we glance out for probably the most. We examine him, we attempt to perceive his sport, we attempt to perceive what could make him really feel uncomfortable. And we’ll see if we will use it.”
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