World primary Novak Djokovic has marked Jannik Sinner as a future champion, saying the Italian teenager has the talent and the starvation to grow to be a high participant.
The 19-year-old is at a career-best rating of twenty-two and made his maiden ATP Masters 1000 remaining earlier this month on the Miami Open.
Sinner might meet Djokovic for the primary time if he will get previous Spain’s Albert Ramos-Vinolas within the opening spherical of this week’s Monte Carlo Masters.
“I have seen his development, his trajectory, his road to where he is at the moment,” mentioned the Serbian, who has a opening spherical bye on the ATP Masters occasion on clay.
“It’s really impressive. He’s a very, very nice person. He’s working really hard. He’s devoted. He’s got all the goods that he needs in order to become a champion.
“He’s surrounded with very good people from tennis coach, fitness coach, physio. I know all these people from a long time … He’s in good hands.”
Sinner reached his maiden main quarter-final on the 2020 French Open and in February grew to become the youngest man since Djokovic in 2006 to win two ATP titles.
Djokovic, the winner of 18 Grand Slam titles, mentioned Sinner had already proven a excessive degree of consistency.
“There is a lot of the achievements that I’m sure he wants to achieve in his career as he’s pointing out. He’s very ambitious,” the 33-year-old mentioned.
“It seems like he’s not satisfied with what he has achieved so far. He wants to do more, which is great to see there’s the hunger in him.”
Djokovic has not performed since his record-extending ninth Australian Open title in Melbourne in February however doesn’t really feel undercooked for the beginning of his claycourt swing.
“I feel physically prepared. Mentally I missed tennis last couple months that I haven’t been competing,” he mentioned.
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