The Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner made history this Friday by beating Novak Djokovic in it Australian Open by 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (6/8) and 6-3 to reach his first final of grand slam and ended a record streak of 33 consecutive victories for the Serbian in Melbourne Park.
The victory for Sinner It was not just another one, since it broke with the illusions of Djokovicwho boasts of having won the trophy ten times and had not known defeat since Australian Open from 2018.
Sinner was born on August 16, 2001in Saint Candidonorthern region of Italy and close to the Alps, something that led him to not only practice tennis since he was little, but also ski. He even won the junior national championship at age eight.
In addition to practicing with skis, in parallel he took his first steps with the racket. At the age of three he started playing tennis and this led to a decade later having to choose between one sport or the other.
By then Sinnerat the age of 13, chose tennis and moved to the coastal region of the Italian Riviera, in the Gulf of Genoato focus solely and exclusively on that sport.
There, he coincided with Ricardo Piattiwho was his lifelong coach until February 2022.
With his height (1.88 meters) and his physical characteristics, added to his game, they gave the experts a glimpse that he could become a great player, despite a not very notable step through the junior circuit in terms of titles. .
In 2019, began receiving invitations to play in Challenger circuit tournaments. In his first participation in a tournament of this category, she won the tournament and climbed almost 200 positions in the ATP ranking at 17 years and 6 months of age.
From that moment, he began to play more ATP tournaments, winning his first victory in a Masters 1000 in Rome and entering the Top 200 in the world. At the end of the year, she reached her first semi-finals ATP at the tournament 250 of Sofiabreaking the barrier of Top 100 at 18 years old.
His good performances throughout the year allowed him to play and win the Next Gen Finalsplacing himself within the top 80 in the world, being the youngest player to achieve it since the Spanish Rafael Nadal in the year 2003.
In 2020returned in very good shape after the stoppage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Covid-19 and reached his first quarterfinal in a grand slamin the tournament Roland Garroswhere he lost to Nadal. Also, that year he won his first tournament ATP 250 in Sofia and finished the year as number 37 in the world, at 19 years old.
He 2021was the year of consecration for the Italian, winning four tournaments ATP and his first ATP 500 in Washingtonbeing the youngest champion of a tournament of this category since its creation in 2009. In addition, he reached his first final of Masters 1000 in the tournament Miami. The year ended within Top 10 after being able to dispute the ATP Finalswinning a match against Robert Hurkaczwhich allowed him to finish the year within the Top 10.
In 2022reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and achieved his 100th victory on the professional circuit in the Madrid Masters 1000being the third tennis player in history to achieve it faster, surpassed only by Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic.
Already in 2023, Sinner He spent a year to excel in sports: he went very far in the important tournaments, he managed to go head-to-head with Carlos Alcarazhis generational partner, and had the privilege of contesting the ATP Finals in it Alpitour Shovel of Turin.
It was also part of the Masters Cup where he exhibited his best level. The transalpine won all their group stage matches – including a memorable battle lasting more than three hours against Djokovic– and he showed that he feels comfortable on the indoor surface.
Although he had the opportunity to conquer the Nitto ATP Finalscould not overcome the Serbian, with whom he could precisely remove the “thorn” this Friday, by beating him and cutting a streak that seemed unbeatable for the king of Australia.
Source: Ambito
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