Jannik Sinner’s coach Riccardo Piatti has always maintained that the young Italian needs to play as many matches as he can in this first part of the career to gain more and more experience.
Unfortunately, Jannik couldn’t play as much as he wanted last year because of the global pandemic. However, he will try to add many more matches under his belt this season.
The schedule
According to reports, After the Australian Open, Sinner will play Montpellier (22nd of February), Rotterdam (1st of March), and then Marseille (8th of March). Obviously, Jannik might skip Montpellier if he goes very deep at the Australian Open. Jannik will also play an ATP250 in Melbourne before playing the major.
Jannik played the same tournaments last year. In Montpellier, he lost to Mikail Ymer in the first round 6-3 6-4, in Rotterdam he reached the quarters before losing to Pablo Carreno Busta a tough 3 setter 7-5 3-6 7-66. In Marseille, Jannik lost in the 2nd round a weird match against Daniil Medvedev 1-6 6-1 6-2.
Jannik Sinner in 2021
Currently ranked no.36 (career-high), Sinner played his last match on the 14th of November 2020 when he beat Vasek Pospisil 6-4 3-6 7-6(3) in the final in Sofia to win his 1st career title.