Could Jannik Sinner Become the New Clay Court King on the ATP Tour?

Otherwise, the Australian Open winner has not yet reached the final of any clay court tournament on the ATP tour. His best result to date at the French Open in Paris was a quarter-final appearance in 2020.

For Henin, however, there is no reason why the balance sheet cannot improve significantly in the foreseeable future. “He’s proving to himself that he’s capable of doing more and more things,” said the Belgian at Eurosport: “This increases your self-confidence and you develop a completely new dynamic.”

However, it remains to be seen whether that will happen this season. “You have to give him some time on this surface,” said Henin: “But he can also take a leadership role here. I don’t see any major obstacles at the moment.”

You could already see his rise coming at the end of last season, especially with his impressive performances at the ATP Finals in Turin. Winning the Australian Open “was not a turning point,” Henin said. “It was more of a continuation of what he had shown before.”

Sinner number one? Other goals first

The 41-year-old believes the South Tyrolean will soon become the new number one in the world.

That will happen automatically if he continues to show the kind of performance he did recently.

However, it is not the primary goal that Sinner currently has. “He certainly has other goals before he becomes number one in the world,” Henin said.

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2024-04-01 13:13:00
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