The gap on hard courts between Jannik and his most dangerous opponents is now abysmal. The numbers (also) say it
Ten consecutive matches won against a top 10 team without conceding even a set. The difference between Jannik Sinner and the others, on outdoor and indoor hard courts at the moment, is truly abysmal. And the Australian Open he just won demonstrated it once again, unequivocally. The world number not only beats the most dangerous opponents, but crushes them, mocks them, humiliates them.
like the big three
—
An at times embarrassing superiority that closely resembles that of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic on the same surface or on grass, or that of Rafael Nadal on clay. Exaggeration? No, not at all. Indeed, the Big Three, even at the top of their form, occasionally conceded something, perhaps a set here and there, especially to their direct rivals. Jannik no, at times he really seems like a machine. Different eras, of course, but everyone is a child of their time, and at this moment no one better embodies today’s tennis like Sinner, especially on hard courts.
the last defeat
—
The world number one’s latest defeat also coincides with the last time the Italian lost a set with a top 10 player. It was October 2, 2024 and the match in the final in Beijing with Carlos Alcaraz ended in a tie break of the third set, at the end of an extraordinary match where the Spaniard played the last seven points in an unreal way. Since then, Jannik has no longer tasted defeat. In Shanghai Sinner inaugurated the streak against the top 10 without losing a set by beating Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinals 6-1 6-4. In the final, again in the Chinese 1000m, it was Novak Djokovic’s turn, beaten 7-6 6-3. At the Finals in Turin, the Italian made a winning streak: in the group 6-4 6-4 to de Minaur, 6-3 6-4 again to Medvedev, 6-4 6-4 to Fritz, 6-1 6-2 to Ruud in the semi-final and again 6-4 6-4 to Fritz in the final. In the Davis Cup, in the semi-final, it was once again the turn of poor De Minaur to suffer the fury of Jannik, with a peremptory 6-4 6-3.
zverev helpless
—
The rest is recent history, with the 6-3 6-2 6-1 handed to Sinner once again against De Minaur, in the tenth consecutive defeat suffered by the Australian against Jannik, and finally yesterday the lesson, for the second consecutive title in Melborune, inflicted on Alexander Zverev, number two in the world, but incapable of anything against the South Tyrolean, with the German dominated 6-3 7-6 6-3.
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED