Sinner ends the tennis year well outside the top ten

The man from Sexten ended the year with an excellent 46:17 record, but because he didn't win any big tournaments, he slipped to 15th place. Last year he was ranked 10th at the end of the year. It would still be presumptuous to describe his season as bad. Sinner reached the quarterfinals in three of four Grand Slams, brought the great Novak Djokovic to the brink of defeat at Wimbledon, had a match point against Carlos Alcaraz at the US Open and at least won a title in Umag.

In the next, hopefully injury-free season, Sinner wants to compete for the big titles again - and thereby return to the top 10. The 21-year-old has already started training again in his adopted home of Monte Carlo with coach Darren Cahill, so that he is perfectly prepared for the start of the season in Australia at the beginning of January. In tennis, winners are made in winter.

Djokovic on the rise Thanks to his triumph in Turin ATP Finals winner Novak Djokovic improved by three places in the world rankings and ended the tennis year in fifth position. On Sunday, the Serbian top star won the annual final of the eight best professionals of the season with a 7:5, 6:3 against the new Norwegian world number three Casper Ruud and thus also set an example for his ambitions for 2023.

“I'm super happy to end the season like this - with one of the biggest trophies we have in our sport. Continuing to make history is always something that motivates me to play my best tennis,” said the 35-year-old after a “challenging” year. Next season, the Serb will take part in the Australian Open again from January 16th and will be a top favorite as the record champion in Melbourne. This year he was unable to compete at either the Australian Open or the US Open because he was not vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The Spanish US Open winner Carlos Alcaraz will start the new season as world number one. The 19-year-old, the youngest number one at the end of the year, missed the season finale due to an abdominal muscle injury and is ahead of his compatriot Rafael Nadal.

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Sinner ends the tennis year well outside the top ten

After an injury-plagued season, Jannik Sinner failed to establish himself in the top 10 of the world rankings for the second time in a row at the end of the year.

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