"What he has done in the last two months has brought him closer": Ivan Ljubicic says Jannik Sinner is unlike Carlos Alcaraz in tennis rise
ATPWednesday, 06 December 2023 at 05:30
Former Croatian tennis player Ivan Ljubicic believes that
Italy’s young tennis star Jannik Sinner need ‘steps’ to reach his highest potential.
The 22-year-old is often regarded as one of the most
highly-rated players currently playing in the men’s single category alongside
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz and America’s Ben Shelton. Ljubicic was recently quoted in a report where he expressed
his opinion that Sinner is not like Alcaraz who will get success instantly but
instead, he will have to take smaller steps to reach the very top.
“I immediately believed in his chances. Jannik is not like
Alcaraz, who went from number 40 to number one [in no time],” he said. “He
needs steps. I think what he has done in the last two months, the confirmation
of hard work, has brought him closer to the goal.
“He needed certain experiences to feel comfortable on this
path. At the end of 2022, I said that I regretted that Jannik had not played
important matches against the biggest players. Now he has nothing more to
learn.
“He started by winning his first Masters 1000, then he beat
all the world number ones’ . He reached the final in Turin & lost it
because he was very tired after a difficult semi‐final against Medvedev. But
when he left the court, his mind was already on the team & the Davis Cup.”
Sinner had a more than impressive year, especially the second
half of the season, and he finished the year on a high as well after helping Italy
in winning the Davis Cup after a gap of more than two decades.
Other than that,
Sinner also went on to play in the final of the last major competition in men’s tennis — the ATP Finals — on his home soil. However, he was on the losing
side in the all-important encounter.
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