The tennis superstar Jannik Sinner, targets both the Olympic Games and Roland Garros in France as he starts his clay court season at the Monte Carlo Masters.
The Italian has been in incredible form this year, winning 22 of his 23 matches and rising to a career-high ranking of No. 2 in the world. He won his first Grand Slam victory at the Australian Open at the beginning of the season.
Sinner, who was also instrumental in Italy’s victory in the Davis Cup last year, discussed his objectives for 2024 in an interview.
This week in Monte Carlo, the rising tennis star makes his debut on clay with a specific objective in mind. Sinner stated his main goals in the interview and said: “To be ready for Roland Garros and the Olympics.”
Sinner further said: “The tournaments on hard surfaces went well, now we will see what happens on clay. I played well here last year (he lost in the semi-finals) but it was worse afterwards, so we’ll see. It will be difficult because it’s a surface where I usually have problems. I feel better on hard courts, which doesn’t mean I’m not good on clay, but at the beginning of the Tour, my expectations are not very high. The goal is to be ready for Roland Garros and the Olympics. Monte Carlo will be like a training week, I hope to play more than one match.”
Jannik Sinner in 2024
WWWWWWWWWL Now the world no.2 (career-high), the Italian played his last match on the 31st of March when he beat world no.9 Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 6-1 in the final in Miami to win his 14th career title.
Until now, during this year Sinner achieved a 22-1 win-loss record. Sinner clinched 3 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open, Rotterdam and Miami.
Jannik Sinner will square off with the world no.27 Sebastian Korda in the 2nd round. Their current record is 1-1.
Jannik has won 3 titles in 2024 at the Australian Open, Rotterdam and Miami.
The Italian won 14 titles in his career: 6 on hard courts, 1 on clay courts and 7 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
Sinner is scheduled to compete next in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open). He will start to play the tournament from the main draw that will commence on the 22nd of April.
