By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Jannik Sinner raised the roof in Flip toppling world No. 1 Novak Djokovic on Tuesday evening.
The fourth-ranked Italian will win a number of majors together with his maiden Grand Slam title presumably coming in 2024, says Nick Kyrgios.
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In his debut as a Tennis Channel analyst for the ATP Finals, Kyrgios issued his daring prediction for 2024: Sinner wins a Grand Slam crown.
Wimbledon finalist Kyrgios mentioned he realized Sinner was a significant contender the primary time he confronted him on the 2022 Miami Open.
Kyrgios mentioned the pace of Sinner’s drives—the lanky Italian owns the best common groundstroke pace for each forehand and backhand of any of the elite eight in Turin this week—mixed together with his sense of calm as Kyrgios freaked out in a 7-6(3), 6-3 Miami Open loss, had been indicators of Sinner’s potential.
Sinner barely blinked as a raging Kyrgios decapitated his Yonex racquet in a Miami meltdown.
“I keep in mind after I performed him in Miami I used to be like this little skinny child he’s acquired some ball pace,” Kyrgios mentioned on Tennis Channel. “I’ve acquired a very good sense of how good persons are and I used to be like: This child’s gonna be actually good.
“And particularly after I was dropping my thoughts in that match—I acquired some extent penalty, a recreation penalty—he was so composed he wasn’t wanting round. So I used to be like: okay, he’s very strong mentally as properly.
“He’s positively going to win some Slams. Subsequent yr, I reckon, he would possibly win a Slam. That’s my early prediction, yeah, he’s unbelievable.”
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