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"I don't send him any messages": Sinner focuses only on his own tennis instead of benchmark in Alcaraz
WTAThursday, 17 August 2023 at 23:30
Jannik Sinner commented that he doesn't worry too much about Carlos Alcaraz and is focused on following his own path.
World No. 6 had a great week at the Canadian Open to claim his first Masters 1000 title, after two finals at the Miami Open (2021, 2023) and two semifinals at Indian Wells and Monte-Carlo this year.
Sinner's impressive performance over the last two years despite his young age of 22 has led to comparisons with Holger Rune and Carlos Alcaraz, both close in age at 20 years old and also established in the top-10.
Especially with Alcaraz, he has a rivalry, as they have played each other 6 times, with the H2H tied at 3-3. Among those matches, they played the final in Umag and semifinals at Indian Wells and the Miami Open, in addition to a memorable match in the quarterfinals of the 2022 US Open.
Sinner recently commented in an interview with Corriere della Serra that he is solely focused on his tennis and continuing to follow his own path:
“I don’t send him any messages, I continue on my way. If I look too much at others, I don’t focus on myself. And instead, I have to be good at leaving out any extra thoughts,” said Sinner.
However, the Italian suffered an early defeat this week at the Cincinnati Open against world No. 66 Dusan Lajovic. This was Sinner's last match before competing in the US Open. The Italian had the opportunity to enter as the 4th seed, allowing him to avoid Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic, and Daniil Medvedev at least until the semifinals.
In the case of achieving a good result in Cincinnati, he missed the chance and now awaits the draw that will define his path in the United States. The five players who had the possibility to claim that spot faced a challenging start, as besides Sinner, Rune, Ruud, Tsitsipas, and Rublev were all eliminated.
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