Jannik Sinner says the brand new era of tennis stars all share a perception of their skill after he dethroned Novak Djokovic on the Australian Open on Friday.
Sinner beat the 10-time champion 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3 on Rod Laver Area to arrange a title decider towards third seed Daniil Medvedev or German sixth seed Alexander Zverev.
It means there will probably be a brand new title on the trophy this yr.
Sinner, 22, and 20-year-olds Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune are spearheading a younger era aiming to unseat the previous guard, nonetheless headed by Djokovic, who received three of the 4 majors final yr.
Alcaraz already has two Grand Slams below his belt whereas Sinner has an opportunity to win his first at Melbourne Park on Sunday.
“We’re just a little bit, me, Carlos, and Holger, each one among us is a unique participant,” he stated. “I really feel that additionally mentally everyone seems to be completely different, and perspective on the court docket is completely different.
“However what I feel we’ve in frequent is we consider in ourselves in a technique, and this helps rather a lot as a result of in tennis once you consider, it’s an enormous quantity already.”
The Italian stated the youthful gamers had been lucky to have 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic as a task mannequin.
“We’ve got to be actually fortunate to see him round, that we will see what he’s doing, how he’s practising,” he stated.
“Hopefully Rafa (Nadal) is coming again so I may see him… Roger (Federer) sadly I’ve by no means had the prospect to, however it’s what it’s.”
Sinner stated a robust finish to the 2023 season, when he had two wins towards Djokovic, had given him perception he may do nicely within the majors however admitted he nonetheless needed to show it.
“There are individuals who discuss rather a lot, however it’s important to present it, no? As a result of on the finish of the day you’re occurring the court docket and it’s important to play.
“But when it’s not this yr, it’s subsequent yr, after which if it’s not subsequent yr, it’s the following yr once more, no?
“I’m actually relaxed, to be sincere. I simply attempt to work as arduous as doable and in my thoughts I really feel just like the arduous work all the time pays off in a technique and we’re working actually arduous for our goals.”