Everything you need to know about Jannik Sinner can be summed up in the words he uttered in the immediate aftermath of his painful defeat against Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals here last year. “I’m going to learn about this and hopefully I can improve.”
And improve he did. This time last year, Sinner was ranked No 8 in the world, an obvious talent but somewhat overshadowed by the meteoric rise of Carlos Alcaraz, who had already been ranked No 1 and had become a grand slam title winner. As Sinner was licking his wounds, Alcaraz won his first Wimbledon and the gap seemed to be widening.
