Remember what Nole told after Rune match. He could beat Sinner.
We also saw Sinner vs Rune in ATP finals. It went to third set as well.
I know some people are scared that SInner will have Djokovic like success and anyone else will be hyped right now like Murray was in 2009/10 and we would be made into a fool.
I don't know if Sinner right now is more impressive than Novak in 2008 or not.
Novak won 2 masters, slam, another slam semis and atp finals in age 21 season.
Sinner won nothing in age 21 season. Even at age 22, Sinner has not made a hc slam sf. Not won atp finals. 1 masters title.
Djokovic won 8 hard court slams by age 28. Federer won 8 hard court slams by age 28.
Sinner will now have to win 8 of the next 12 hard court slams to match them. But he still has Djokovic playing at high level. There is zero chance of that happening. Will he win 4 of them? I am not sure. Still too far to go and too much to prove.
Novak and Roger won Wimbledon as well. Federer won 6 Wimbledons by age 28, Nole won 3. Sinner will have to at least match Novak to be in some contention. So 3 out of next 6. This is a big unknown. His game will suit grass but he has long way to go to be number 1 favorite.
Now come to his fitness. Everyone put Djokovic through a ringer for retiring mid match. But really?
At the same age as Sinner is now, Djokovic had retired from 6 matches.
Sinner by now has retired from 6 matches plus he has withdrawn from 4. That's way more than Djokovic. Is this guy really fit enough to win BO5 at the rate of Federer? Federer had 1 thing better than Djokovic early on, the fitness. Sinner is probably even worse than Djokovic. We will see what he will do in hot Australian weather in few days.