Jannik Sinner has followed in the footsteps of three tennis legend by reaching yet another stellar statistical milestone at the 2024 ATP Finals.
The world No 1 has continued his remarkable 2024 campaign by winning all three of his round robin matches in Turin without dropping a set.
Sinner did not lose more than four games in the six sets he played, while he dropped serve only twice.
Following wins over Alex de Minaur and Taylor Fritz, Sinner’s 6-3, 6-4 triumph against Daniil Medvedev in his third match ensured he finished top of the John Newcombe group.
The Italian, who was a runner-up at the 2023 ATP Finals, revealed he has a different feeling compared to when he reached the semi-finals at last year’s edition of the event.
“Yeah, of course. I mean, it’s always a different feeling. It doesn’t really matter how you arrive to a tournament or not. It’s nice to be again in the semis here,” Sinner told the media after beating Medvedev.
“It’s different year, different player. Like everyone else, we try. I believe all of us, we have improved a lot in one year. It’s nice to be again in this positions where I can play again for a final’s spot. Then we see how it goes.”
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Sinner’s victory against Medvedev, the world No 4, was his 10th win against a player in the top five of the ATP Rankings this season.
Having also registered 10 wins against top five opponents in 2023, Sinner has become just the fourth player to achieve this in consecutive seasons since the ATP Rankings were introduced in 1973.
The other men to earn 10 or more wins against players ranked in the top five in successive years are Bjorn Borg (1979-80), Ivan Lendl (1985-86) and Novak Djokovic (2011-12).
