Being the first Italian tennis player to have your name etched on a grand slam trophy truly is a momentous occasion and call for celebration. But while Jannik Sinner was thrilled beyond expectations, not everyone believed he would be able to win the first grand slam of the 2024 tournament season at the Australian Open.

Many people had their doubts but the only thing Sinner did to silence all his critics. His feat and fortitude impressed a lot of people including Jimmy Connors’ son, Brett Connors.

Jannik Sinner’s art of silencing his critics

In the recent episode of the podcast Advantage Connors, Jimmy Connors’ son, Brett Connors talked about how Jannik Sinner was being doubted by a lot of people. But he was able to silence them all with his incredible win.

Brett Connors added, “Sinner had all his stuff swaying around about him. It was like, can he beat the top 5 seeds? He knocks all that. Not only he gets through the semis but he beats the number 1 Djokovic 10-time champion here. Then against Medvedev, he is able to come back and win it. He is able to stand 3 out of 5 sets. There has been talk about Sinner, he breaks down, had some health issue, pulled out of matches, all that shit is pushed to the side and there he is with a trophy at the end of it and I thought it was great.”

Connors was impressed that Sinner did not respond to any of his haters with any comments but continued to work and finally did something so incredible that now they are all silenced. Well, Brett Connors is not the only one impressed by Sinner’s journey but Rafael Nadal’s uncle Toni Nadal also spoke very highly of him recently.

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Rafael Nadal’s uncle shared how he fears Sinner’s win can change tennis landscape

In an interview, Toni Nadal commented that the huge achievement Sinner has added to his portfolio can change the landscape of tennis. He stated, “I fear that this great and significant step could change the tennis landscape in the coming years.” He also added that whatever doubts there were around Sinner, have now been dissolved.

Toni added, “Certain doubts that somewhat overshadowed his poise when playing high-tension matches were dispelled. There is little doubt that he has been the player with the greatest improvement in this last year.”

Well, we couldn’t agree more with what Toni and Brett had to say about Sinner. What do you think?

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