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4) Can Sinner Sustain Surge?: Italy's Jannik Sinner closed 2023 in red-hot form, reaching the Nitto ATP Finals title match and leading Italy to the Davis Cup trophy. Across those two events, he beat Djokovic twice — three times if you include a tie-clinching doubles rubber in the Davis Cup semis. Beginning the new season at a career-high Pepperstone ATP Ranking of No. 4, Sinner is seeking his first Grand Slam final. After reaching the quarter-finals once at each major, he advanced to the 2023 Wimbledon semi-finals for his best Slam result. Botic van de Zandschulp awaits the fourth seed in one of the must-see matchups of the AO first round.

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Sinner starts a winner, but with a little tidy-up to do

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Italian claims first win of 2024 season
January 14, 2024
Jannik Sinner is at a career-high No. 4 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.AFP/Getty Images
Jannik Sinner is at a career-high No. 4 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.
By ATP Staff
Jannik Sinner made a winning start to his 2024 season on Sunday’s historic opening day of play at the Australian Open, but the Italian is unlikely to be fully satisfied with his straight-sets win over powerful Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp.

Playing his first match since leading Italy to last year’s Davis Cup title, Sinner made 22 unforced forehand errors and suffered a bizarre slump at the beginning of the third before eventually running out a 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 victor in two hours and 34 minutes.

"It's never easy playing the first match of the season, so I'm happy to get the win and now I have two days of practice to get better," Sinner said.

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Cheered on by a healthy number of Carota Boys who have made the trip Down Under, Sinner could face another Dutchman in the second round as he awaits the winner of Netherlands qualifier Jesper De Jong and Argentine Pedro Cachin.

Just as Sinner looked to be cruising to victory, World No. 59 Van de Zandschulp fought off four break points in the opening game of the third set to hold serve and then broke the fourth seed to love to take a 2-0 lead. But that only served to jar into action Sinner, who responded with a four-game winning streak to regain control of their first Lexus ATP Head2Head match-up.


In addition to cleaning up his unforced error count in his next match, Sinner will be looking to improve his serve, which underpinned his banner season in 2023 after a mid-season adjustment. Against Van de Zandschulp Sinner put just 58 per cent of first serves into play and won a modest 69 per cent of first-serve points.

Outwardly, the 2023 Nitto ATP Finals runner-up didn't seem overly concerned about a messy stats sheet when speaking to media in his post-match press conference..

“I feel like I started off actually really well, for the first match," Sinner said. "Then I had some moments where I made a couple of wrong choices, but this can happen… To be honest, it was a positive opening match. I feel like best-of-five can help me a little bit. You stay on court a little bit longer. You get to play a little bit longer, which is what I like to do. Then we see in the next rounds what's coming."

Sinner, who reached the fourth round at Melbourne Park last year and the quarter-finals in 2022, enters this year's tournament at a career-high No. 4 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.

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Sinner, De Minaur remain on Australian Open collision course

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Italian Sinner defeats De Jong, Australian De Minaur beats Arnaldi
January 17, 2024
Jannik Sinner drops just six games in his second-round win at the Australian Open Wednesday.Peter Staples
Jannik Sinner drops just six games in his second-round win at the Australian Open Wednesday.
By ATP Staff
After beating Botic van de Zandschulp in three tight sets to open his Australian Open campaign, Jannik Sinner lifted his level against another Dutch opponent on Wednesday in Melbourne. The fourth seed defeated qualifier Jesper De Jong 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in Margaret Court Arena to reach the AO third round for the third time.

"It doesn't really matter who you play against. You fear nobody but have a lot of respect for everyone," Sinner said after defeating the World No. 161. "This is what I try to show to everyone."

The 22-year-old advanced to the quarter-finals at the year's first major in 2022 and exited in the fourth round last year. But Sinner will have higher expectations this season, entering with a career-high Pepperstone ATP Ranking of No. 4.


While rain delayed play on the outer courts at Melbourne Park, Sinner wasted no time in booking his place in the third round. The Italian did not face a break point in the one-hour, 45-minute victory and played much of the match on the front foot behind strong serving and early baseline attacks. He lost just 10 points on serve while converting on six of 12 break chances.

Sinner's strong start at the Australian Open carries his momentum from the end of 2023 into the new year. The Italian reached the Nitto ATP Finals title match in November — beating Novak Djokovic in group play — before leading Italy to the Davis Cup title. The Aussie Open is his first event of 2024, and he has yet to drop a set in Melbourne.

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De Jong was competing in his first Grand Slam main draw after a successful qualifying campaign. The 23-year-old beat Pedro Cachin in four first-round sets before losing in his first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting with Sinner.

"He's a very good player... He's a young player. I wish him all the best," Sinner said of his Dutch opponent. "I'm sure that he is going to play so many more matches in Grand Slam main draws."

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