Sinner is Harsh Actuality Test

By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, November 12, 2024

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Janni””ck Sinner is the world’s greatest participant and a harsh actuality verify for Daniil Medvedev.

The highest-seeded Sinner has received 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 remaining 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 lift a Grand Slam title trophy.

Forward of their Turin rematch, Medvedev mentioned the hardest problem of going through the Italian is you possibly can play your greatest tennis and nonetheless lose.

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

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