'I'm lucky to share era with Djokovic, Nadal, Federer,' said Sinner

The 19-year-old Jannik Sinner is the youngest player in the top-100 and leader of the 2001 generation following incredible progress in the previous two seasons.

A teenager has already gathered tremendous experience, winning two ATP titles at the end of the previous and start of the current season and practicing with all the leading tennis stars. At Roland Garros last year, Jannik reached the first Major quarter-final on his Parisian debut, losing to Rafael Nadal and spending a week with the Spanish legend in Adelaide this January ahead of the Australian Open.

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"I consider myself lucky to play in the era of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. It was very important for me to play against Rafa at Roland Garros and practice with him for a week in Adelaide at the beginning of the new season; I will never forget that. I quickly transitioned from Futures to the ATP level, skipping juniors and reaching the top-50 in no time.

I want to stay relaxed and compete for another two decades. I started at 18, and I want to play up to 38. Everyone expects a Major title from me but it doesn't worry me. I'm still 19, and I don't want to think about that; it's a process, and I still have to win and lose big matches.

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I won the title and faced Denis Shapovalov at the Australian Open a few days later; I had a hard time accepting it, but I talked to my team. Our job is to win, but it is also essential to suffer some losses when you are young," Jannik Sinner said.