By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Tuesday, November 12, 2024
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Janni””ck Sinner is the world’s greatest participant and a harsh actuality examine for Daniil Medvedev.
The highest-seeded Sinner has gained seven of his final eight conferences vs. Medvedev forward of their round-robin showdown on Wednesday on the ATP Finals in Turin.
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In a topsy-turvy Australian Open remaining final January, Sinner roared again from a two-set deficit defeating Daniil Medvedev 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 to seize his maiden main championship.
The 22-year-old Sinner made historical past as the primary Italian to win the Australian Open singles crown and follows legendary Adriano Pannatta, the 1976 Roland Garros champion, as the primary Italian man in 48 years to lift a Grand Slam title trophy.
Forward of their Turin rematch, Medvedev stated the hardest problem of dealing with the Italian is you’ll be able to play your greatest tennis and nonetheless lose.
“I really feel like, it is going to sound unusual as a result of I misplaced a number of matches, however I really feel like tactically I do know what I’ve to do,” Medvedev instructed the media in Flip. “It is only a drawback the man’s taking part in actually good. You are able to do one of the best match attainable tactically, tennis-wise, and you’ll nonetheless lose. That is the fact. It isn’t a straightforward actuality.
“Now as I stated after the match in the present day, I am prepared, I’m going out, I play my tennis, I lose simple, it is okay. I win simple, it is excellent. I lose powerful, it is okay. I win powerful, it is excellent. I’ll see the way it goes. I’ll attempt to put together properly tactically and I’ll simply go for it.”
