From the 2022 meeting to this year many things have changed. Lorenzi: “It won’t be easy, but Jannik is stronger now and knows he’s in the top 5”
On the eve he had said: “Djokovic is the man to beat, perhaps the strongest tennis player ever. Only four or five players are able to beat him and I think I’m one of them.” Bold statement by Jannik Sinner who earned the opportunity to demonstrate with facts what he said on the eve. Until now he hasn’t had to face players ranked lower than number 70 in the world but wanting to see the downside he has also found himself having to beat rivals he didn’t know very well. Novak Djokovic, on the other hand, knows him all right, and last year, right on Center Court, he had snatched two sets from him before being reassembled and given up in five in the quarterfinals. Will that experience be useful to him? Jannik usually treasures every moment on the pitch, learns from mistakes and successes and is constantly growing. In spite of his South Tyrolean he (neologism? Maybe), he has also become a bit superstitious. It seems that in the London evenings it was he who cooked the pasta with tomato sauce for the whole team on the eve of each match and this evening too will be no exception.