Sinner's long-term goal and the tough Vienna draw

785, 93, 43: If numbers express the rapid rise of Sinner, then these are them. Because they mark the Sesto native's world rankings in 2018, 2019 and 2020 in the last week of October. Because the youngster will compete in at least two more major ATP tournaments by the end of the year, his chances of further improving his ranking are good, especially since he does not have to defend any points from the previous year due to an ATP Corona rule. This brings his goal of moving into the top 2 a little closer. This would set the stage for next year's Australian Open, which can certainly be described as a milestone in a tennis player's career. Not least because Sinner – should this be the case – would benefit from a much easier draw. Ruud is the name of the first hurdle First, however, the South Tyrolean has set his sights firmly on the ATP 500 tournament in Vienna, for which the crème de la crème of the tennis scene has registered. Novak Djokovic and Dominic Thiem are just 2 big names gunning for the title. Sinner, who has a wild card, will face Norwegian Casper Ruud, number 1 in the world rankings, in the first round. The 27-year-old is considered a clay court specialist, but his statistics in indoor tournaments (21 wins, 12 defeats) show that Ruud and his strong forehand are also dangerous on other surfaces. Sinner's statistics are only marginally better with 8 successes and 13 defeats. So it looks like an exciting duel. The winner of this encounter will face the Russian Andrey Rublev (ATP 2) in round 8, who is the big tournament favorite alongside Djokovic and Thiem with 4 titles in 2020. Seppi against qualifiers Just like Sinner, Seppi also benefits from a wildcard at the ATP 250 tournament in Nur-Sultan. In the Kazakh capital, the Kalterer player has to fend off the in-form Russian Aslan Karatsev in the first round, who survived the qualification without losing a set. Seppi, on the other hand, has recently suffered 1 defeats in a row and is longing for his first victory at ATP level since the tennis tour was canceled. But this task will by no means be easy. While Sinner only takes part in the tournament on Wednesday, Seppi's game takes place on Tuesday afternoon (CET).

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Sinner's long-term goal and the tough Vienna draw

First Cologne, now Vienna: After the extremely successful tournament in the German city, Jannik Sinner traveled to Austria, where he wants to get a little closer to his next big goal.

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