Jannik Sinner Reveals Why He Would Like to Wake as Roger Federer One Day
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Jannik Sinner, the Italian tennis professional, debuted in the year 2018 and within four years, he has achieved a lot. He won his first ATP title at the 2020 Sofia Open and became the youngest ATP title-holder since 2008. Further, he shares the record of being the youngest player to have 5 titles under his name with Novak Djokovic. In addition, his victory in Citi Open in 2021 made him the first teenager to win an ATP 500 title.
However, regardless of how big a player he has become, he still admires his Idol Roger Federer, and wants to be more like him, both on and off-court. Recently, while speaking to the press before competing in the red dirt of the Italian Open spoke about how he aspires to spend a day as Federer.
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Jannik Sinner the Federer Fanboy
The 20 times Grand Slam champion has inspired many young children who someday want to play professional tennis and one of them is Sinner. The 20-year-old, while addressing the press, said he doesn’t make plans based upon his ranking. Rather, he evaluates his growth and how far he has come as a player. Thereafter, he disclosed that his primary goal is to be like Federer and said, “If I could wake up and be another tennis player for a day, I would like to be Roger Federer because of his completeness. He can do everything and has all the solutions for anything that comes his way on court.”
"The day after winning his first match on a ATP Master 1000 at the age of 17 Jannik Sinner also had the privilege to practice with great Roger Federer 🙌
Some moments you remember forever 🎾"IG Piatti Tennis Center pic.twitter.com/3YEoMT3lOm
— Allez Roger (@kah22jad) May 14, 2019
“Waking up as Roger Federer is, of course, a utopia, but I believe that the intention gives me the focus to become a more complete player. I’m not saying you will suddenly see me serving and volleying, or slicing. But maybe one day, I would like to find myself in a position where I’m able to come up with my own solutions just as well”, he added.
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Sinner On This Year’s Clay
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The former World No.9 stepped onto the clay court of Monte Carlo Masters after a quarterfinal run in the hard court of Miami Open. Sinner took down Russian tennis professional Andrey Rublev in a three-set long tussle to reach the quarterfinals of the event. Thereafter, he fought tooth and nail against the German tennis star and the current World No.3 Alexander Zverev. Though the match favored Zverev and the Italian had to settle for a quarterfinal run.
Following that, he tested his luck on the Madrid Open but failed to lave an impact on the tournament. Currently, he is gearing up to claim the title his homeland has to offer.
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Sinner will play his first match of the Italian Open in the centre court against the Spaniard Pedro Martinez. The match will be held on 1oth.
Edited by:
Deepakshi Chaudhary