Jannik Sinner beats out Big Three for new tennis record

Setting a tennis record that the big three does not hold is a very feat but Jannik Sinner has done after another solid outing in Miami.

He has saved more match points before the age of 21 than each member of the 'Big Three'. It's a statistic that speaks volumes for his mental strength which was again at show in Miami. Sinner was unfortunately forced to retire from his Miami Open quarter-final clash with Argentine Francisco Cerundolo due to blisters on his hands, but the Italian demonstrated his winning mentality en route to the last eight.

In his thrilling win over Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta in the third round of the tournament, Sinner fought back and saved a remarkable five match points. The Italian went on to fight back from 5-2 down in the final set to win 5-7 7-5 7-5. He saved match points earlier against Ruusuvuori as well. The Italian may not have played his best tennis in either of the two games, but he showed immense mental fortitude to battle back from precarious positions.

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Between the ages of 18 and 20, Sinner has won six matches after saving at least one match point. He has saved a total of 14 across those six matches, including three more earlier this year against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina at the Dubai Tennis Championships. In that age range, Federer won the same number of matches from a position where he faced an opposition match point (six), saving 10 match points - four fewer than the Italian.

Rafael Nadal - who claimed the 21st Grand Slam of his career to move clear of Federer and Djokovic when he won the Australian Open in January - won three matches from such a position and saved four match points. As for the Serb, Djokovic won two matches but saved eight match points in the process.