Jannik Sinner - "I'm not here for making finals, I'm here to win tournaments"

In February, Sinner became the youngest man since Novak Djokovic in 2006 to win two ATP titles and his appearance in the Miami final took him to a career-best ranking of 23 on Monday.

The 19-year-old was keen to focus on the positives after just missing out on his first Masters 1000 title to the Pole, who he occasionally partners in doubles.

"When you're 19 and playing finals, obviously it's tough, and I wanted to win." "I was a bit nervous from the beginning of the match or already yesterday, but it's normal because you really want to win. Today was not my day."

"It has been a good week anyway. But obviously I'm not here for making finals, I'm here to win tournaments. It's going to be back to work and then we will see what I can do on the clay."

"What I showed here (is) that I improved from the last tournament," he said. "Obviously when you get a little bit of confidence it's a little bit easier, but you have to work hard to go deep in tournaments, especially in big tournaments.

"For me, improvement is the most important thing. I still have to talk with my team why I lost, what they think, where we have to work, and then we will decide on which part of my game I have to improve. (It's) back to work and now the clay season is on. So I don't want to waste time today. I think I can learn many things. Next week already is another tournament."

Sinner is staying grounded and says his calm demeanor on and off the court was due to his parents. "They are working every day a simple job, they know what it means to work hard," said Sinner, whose father is a chef and his mother a waitress in the same restaurant. "They gave me this kind of mindset, always trying your best day after day and trying to not lose energy during your job."

Sinner also believes the next generation of players are still playing catch-up with the 'Big Three' of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. "The next generation still has to show that they can beat the big three because obviously maybe they lose one or two matches, but the next generation that what I see is not ready yet to win against them consistently."
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Pretty positive outlook and no nonsense thought process from Sinner.
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3loudboys

G.O.A.T.
Spot on attitude - very positive mindset. He is already massive off the ground with lots of room to improve serve, return and physically he is going to fill out.

Watching him at Miami I thought he could reign it in a little in terms of targetting and power sometimes and choose his moment a little better to unload. Hitting groundies as hard as he does he doesn't need to go so close to the lines and could decrease the errors where he just misses.

That said it was exciting to watch and can't wait to watch again.
 

Jonesy

Legend
Sometimes mentality is what makes the difference. Still, there are things he can only gain by facing big two over and over again. I hope he faces them a lot this year.
 

tex123

Hall of Fame
Will he? His training with Rafa helped him. Let's see. I don't think the lost gen have "mentality" issues. You need the firepower and consistency which translates into belief.

Take the example of zverev - the most promising player. With his serve issues and dodgy forehand, he can never bank himself to win consistently. His insecurity comes from double faults and dodgy forehand.

Sinner has firepower. When it goes in you say wow. But at the expense of how many unforced errors? If he focusses on consistency, he is made to look mediocre by Hurcasz. He can become the next Djokovic if (and that's a big IF) he plays with controlled superior aggression finding the targets. Can he do it? Time will tell. We will pray for sure.
 

BeatlesFan

Bionic Poster
This is a great mentality to have. Hope he builds on this loss in some way.
It really is. Contrast Sinner's heathy attitude to Thiem, who bends over every year at RG for Nadal with sniveling remarks prior to the final. I realize he's not beating Rafa there anyway, but going into countless matches with the lame remark, "I don't think I have a chance, but I'll try hard," is utterly pitiful.
 

zagor

Bionic Poster
Sinner has firepower. When it goes in you say wow. But at the expense of how many unforced errors? If he focusses on consistency, he is made to look mediocre by Hurcasz. He can become the next Djokovic if (and that's a big IF) he plays with controlled superior aggression finding the targets. Can he do it? Time will tell. We will pray for sure.

It ain't easy developing Novak's placement and depth, dude has some of the best groundies ever. He was also always much faster and a better athlete than Sinner.

I don't know the guy's potential but I think it's pretty safe to say he's not the next Novak.
 
It ain't easy developing Novak's placement and depth, dude has some of the best groundies ever. He was also always much faster and a better athlete than Sinner.

I don't know the guy's potential but I think it's pretty safe to say he's not the next Novak.
Sinner has bigger consistent power than Djokovic but is way behind on placement, variety and footwork. Every time I watch him, I wish he'd break his own rhythm a bit and throw a few curveballs for a change. Also needs to follow some shots to the net once in a while. To me, he looked most natural last year on RG clay. Hit AZ out of the tournament nicely and even had a good showing vs Nadal.
 

mike danny

Bionic Poster
It ain't easy developing Novak's placement and depth, dude has some of the best groundies ever. He was also always much faster and a better athlete than Sinner.

I don't know the guy's potential but I think it's pretty safe to say he's not the next Novak.
I think Miami answered that clearly.
 

blablavla

G.O.A.T.
It ain't easy developing Novak's placement and depth, dude has some of the best groundies ever. He was also always much faster and a better athlete than Sinner.

I don't know the guy's potential but I think it's pretty safe to say he's not the next Novak.

when I watched the highlights, I had the impression that it's Novak beating Sinner.
 

D.Nalby12

G.O.A.T.
It ain't easy developing Novak's placement and depth, dude has some of the best groundies ever. He was also always much faster and a better athlete than Sinner.

I don't know the guy's potential but I think it's pretty safe to say he's not the next Novak.

That's easy. Movement is far worse. Return is worse. Backhand is worse (given his technique it will be a solid Murray like BH but he will never able to develop lethal DTL shot like Novak). Forehand may be get better. Hits ball cleaner than Novak though..
 

tex123

Hall of Fame
I certainly don't like his serve. A bit like Cilic. He should relax and slow down in prep a bit. Learn from the Djokovics and Nadals :).

Hurcasz was good at the net. He can learn a bit of net play and rock solid slices.
 

yokied

Hall of Fame
Sinner got junked around pretty badly by Hurtcash, who was mixing the pace, depth and trajectories, especially via the FH. We don’t even know how well Hurtcash can spread the court with angles off the FH because he didn’t really have to reach that far down into the bag.

Sinner’s footwork and swing timing was off and quite panicked, snatching at a lot of balls, particularly the shorter off-pace balls that had him reaching forward instead of just getting in position behind the ball and waiting for the ball to reach the strike zone.

Hopefully they study his losses in Dubai and Miami because they were two very different opponents and both opponents drove trucks through the weaknesses they found. There is PLENTY to work on, including the big-match mentality.

These Zod-like noises after the match are cheap. He’d be better off keeping pretty quiet after these matches and let the racquet do the talking.
 

BH40love

Semi-Pro
In February, Sinner became the youngest man since Novak Djokovic in 2006 to win two ATP titles and his appearance in the Miami final took him to a career-best ranking of 23 on Monday.

The 19-year-old was keen to focus on the positives after just missing out on his first Masters 1000 title to the Pole, who he occasionally partners in doubles.

"When you're 19 and playing finals, obviously it's tough, and I wanted to win." "I was a bit nervous from the beginning of the match or already yesterday, but it's normal because you really want to win. Today was not my day."

"It has been a good week anyway. But obviously I'm not here for making finals, I'm here to win tournaments. It's going to be back to work and then we will see what I can do on the clay."

"What I showed here (is) that I improved from the last tournament," he said. "Obviously when you get a little bit of confidence it's a little bit easier, but you have to work hard to go deep in tournaments, especially in big tournaments.

"For me, improvement is the most important thing. I still have to talk with my team why I lost, what they think, where we have to work, and then we will decide on which part of my game I have to improve. (It's) back to work and now the clay season is on. So I don't want to waste time today. I think I can learn many things. Next week already is another tournament."

Sinner is staying grounded and says his calm demeanor on and off the court was due to his parents. "They are working every day a simple job, they know what it means to work hard," said Sinner, whose father is a chef and his mother a waitress in the same restaurant. "They gave me this kind of mindset, always trying your best day after day and trying to not lose energy during your job."

Sinner also believes the next generation of players are still playing catch-up with the 'Big Three' of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. "The next generation still has to show that they can beat the big three because obviously maybe they lose one or two matches, but the next generation that what I see is not ready yet to win against them consistently."
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Pretty positive outlook and no nonsense thought process from Sinner.
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He’s top player
 

WildRevolver

Hall of Fame
It really is. Contrast Sinner's heathy attitude to Thiem, who bends over every year at RG for Nadal with sniveling remarks prior to the final. I realize he's not beating Rafa there anyway, but going into countless matches with the lame remark, "I don't think I have a chance, but I'll try hard," is utterly pitiful.

Wow. I rarely pay much attention to Thiem's interviews but has he really said this PRIOR to GS finals and Semi's? If so, what a loser's mentality.
 

BH40love

Semi-Pro
He lost to a pusher in final. It must've hurt him a lot. But you better win something first then talk. If he goes on to lose next 5-6 finals - this statement will backfire..

yea Nalby the pusher that beat the no 2 and no 4 seed. Must have hurt YOU a lot to see
 

WildRevolver

Hall of Fame
Yes, he said it in 2018. And looks what Thiem's saying in 2021, scarcely any better... so defeatist.


That's a bizarre statement. Not sure it even makes sense. On one hand he's saying you have to play perfect clay court tennis. On the other hand he's saying Rafa needs to have an off day. Is he saying that Rafa, unless having an off-day, plays BETTER than perfect clay court tennis?
 

MeatTornado

Talk Tennis Guru
That's a bizarre statement. Not sure it even makes sense. On one hand he's saying you have to play perfect clay court tennis. On the other hand he's saying Rafa needs to have an off day. Is he saying that Rafa, unless having an off-day, plays BETTER than perfect clay court tennis?
Nadal on clay is one of the only times in life that the number 110% is actually applicable.
 

GhostOfNKDM

Hall of Fame
Meh. Not getting on the bandwagon yet... good talk in light of the poor company he has for contemporaries, but results are where it's at.

I remember Zverev talked a big game too. He was the next golden boy here... seems many have conveniently forgotten their hype for the Zedrot.
 
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