Episode 2462
Jannik Sinner
Mon, 2024-Jan-29 01:41 UTC
Length - 3:41
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Jannik Sinner (born 16 August 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 4 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 2 October 2023, making him the highest ranked Italian male player in history (tied with Adriano Panatta). Sinner is a Grand Slam champion, having won the 2024 Australian Open. He has won a further ten ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2023 Canadian Open. Sinner also has a career-high ranking of world No. 124 in doubles, achieved on 27 September 2021, and has won one ATP Tour title in doubles. Sinner grew up in northern Italy in the German-speaking region of South Tyrol. He was active in skiing, football, and tennis as a child. After winning a national championship in skiing at age eight, Sinner switched his focus to tennis at age 13 and moved to Bordighera on the Italian Riviera to train with veteran coach Riccardo Piatti. Despite limited success as a junior, Sinner began playing in professional events at age 16 and became one of the few players to win multiple ATP Challenger Tour titles at age 17. He won the ATP Newcomer of the Year award in 2019 after breaking into the top 100 and winning the Next Generation ATP Finals in Milan.
Sinner continued his rise into the top 50 in 2020 with his first top 10 victory, a French Open quarterfinal, and his first ATP Tour title at the 2020 Sofia Open. In 2021, he became the youngest ATP 500 champion at the 2021 Citi Open, was a Masters runner-up at the Miami Open, and became the first player born in the 2000s to enter the top 10 in rankings. After reaching his first major semifinal at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, Sinner won his first Masters 1000 title at the 2023 Canadian Open. He finished the season by reaching the final of the ATP Finals and leading Italy to win the 2023 Davis Cup title for the first time in 47 years. At the 2024 Australian Open, Sinner defeated world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals to reach his first major final, ending Djokovic's undefeated 20–0 (in semifinals or later) Australian Open record. He then defeated Daniil Medvedev in a five-set final, coming back from two sets down to win his first major title.
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