By Richard Pagliaro | @Tennis_Now | Thursday, March 28, 2024
Olympic gold-medal champion Alexander Zverev sees Jannik Sinner as the sport’s future gold customary.
Requested after his Miami Open quarterfinal win if he thinks Sinner is able to rise to No. 1 this 12 months, Zverev joked “I feel he sucks.”
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On a critical not, Zverev mentioned Sinner’s efficiency this season places him on tempo to be a dominant future world No. 1.
Pointing to the 22-year-old Italian’s very good 20-1 begin to the season, Zverev mentioned if Sinner sustains this stage, he may very well be No. 1 on the earth “for the following 10 years.”
“Look, he gained the Australian Open, gained Rotterdam, and he is what, [20-1] thus far this 12 months?” Zverev advised the media in Miami. “I feel you probably have these sort of statistics, it’s totally logical that you just’re on the appropriate path and also you’re on the way in which to be there, proper?
“Do I feel that he will be as unbeatable as he’s thus far this 12 months? I do not know. As a result of proper now he is misplaced one match.
“It is unbelievable. It is like a statistic like Djokovic began in his finest years. Federer began like this in his finest years. Rafa began like this I feel as soon as in his profession.”
Former US Open finalist Zverev mentioned he is learning Sinner in an effort to cease the Australian Open champion’s ascent to the highest spot.
“If he retains it like that, then he is not solely going to be No. 1 on the earth, he will be No. 1 on the earth for the following 10 years,” Zverev mentioned. “Nevertheless it’s as much as him and it is also as much as me, as much as Carlos, as much as Daniil, as much as Novak as properly to cease him from doing that.
“In fact he is someone that we now most likely look out for, you understand, one in all two or three gamers that we glance out for essentially the most. We research him, we attempt to perceive his sport, we attempt to perceive what could make him really feel uncomfortable. And we’ll see if we will use it.”
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