Sinner is even better than Federer and Nadal

Jannik Sinner was back in his adopted home of Monte Carlo on Easter Monday. With coach Andrea Volpini and physiotherapist Claudio Zimaglia, who accompanied him to Florida, he flew from Miami via Madrid back to Nice. Just over 24 hours after losing the final at the Masters tournament in Miami, Sinner was back on the Cote d'Azur. The Pusterer doesn't want to waste any time because the clay court season is just around the corner - and Sinner has big goals. He can already crack the top 20, which he missed due to the final defeat against Hubert Hurkacz (6:7, 4:6), in the Principality.

The sand festival in Europe, which fell victim to the corona pandemic last year, begins on Sunday at the Monte Carlo Country Club. Playing on the ATP tour was suspended from the beginning of March to mid-August. Monte Carlo was canceled just like Madrid. The Masters tournament in Rome was only held in September, immediately before the French Open in Paris. The comparison with the Big Three Sinner has played 70 matches on the ATP tour since his premiere in Budapest almost two years ago and won 44 of them. He is only the sixth teenager to make it into the top 2010 since 30. But where were the “Big Three” Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic after 70 games in the professional circuit?

The greatest of their profession: Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer © APA/afp / ADRIAN DENNIS

Sinner is number 23 in the world and is in a better position than Federer and Nadal with two tournament wins in Sofia in November 2020 and in Melbourne in February 2021 as well as a Grand Slam quarterfinal in Roland Garros last year. After 70 games on tour: Jannik Sinner (19 years, 8 months): Number 23 in the world, 2 tournament wins, a Grand Slam quarterfinal

Roger Federer (19 years old): Number 40, no tournament victory, a Grand Slam round of XNUMX

Rafael Nadal (18 years, 5 months): Number 48 in the world, a tournament win, a third round at a Grand Slam

Novak Djokovic (19 years, 5 months): Number 16 in the world, 2 tournament wins, a Grand Slam quarterfinal.

In any case, the top 20 seem within reach: Sinner is currently only 4 points behind the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the world rankings and 11 points behind Stan Wawrinka, who is missing in Monte Carlo due to injury.

It is uncertain whether he will make it into the top 20. What is certain, however, is that it will be an intensive few weeks for the Sesto native. After Monte Carlo, Sinner is registered in Barcelona, Munich and the Masters tournaments in Madrid and Rome. Before Paris there would be an ATP tournament in Geneva or Lyon on the program. Roland Garros date wobbles It is not yet clear whether the French Open will begin as planned on May 23rd. Since the beginning of the week there have been rumors that the tournament could possibly be postponed “by a few days”. They don't want to go through with the tournament in Roland Garros without fans like last fall. "Jannik definitely won't play all the tournaments of the clay court season," says his manager Alex Vittur, who is with his protégé in Monte Carlo this week.

Monte Carlo is the second Masters tournament of the season, it takes place without spectators and therefore has 60 percent less prize money than at the last event in 2019. At that time, Fabio Fognini was the first player from Italy to win a Masters tournament, which has been there since 1990 gives. But the tournament in the Principality is better attended than Miami recently. Only Dominic Thiem and Roger Federer are missing from the top 10. Sinner is currently number 18 on the entry list and can even hope to be one of the 18.30 seeded players in the draw on Friday (16 p.m.).

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Sinner is even better than Federer and Nadal

After his outstanding performances at the Masters 1000 tournament in Miami, Jannik Sinner is on everyone's lips again. He remains humble and prepares for the clay court season. We previously made a comparison to Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

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