Jannik Sinner stars in a book with the Big 3

After skipping 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Jannik Sinner trained for a week in Canada and made his debut with the Montreal Masters 1000The world number 1 – who is defending the title he won last year in Toronto – has defeated the Croatian ace Borna Coric 6-2 6-4 in a fairly dominated match.

The Italian ace has a strong chance of winning his third Masters 1000 since the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Serbian Novak Djokovic are missing from Canada, who are resting after the magnificent final at the Olympic Games in Paris. The Canadian Open has already had to endure several famous eliminations, such as that of Daniel Medvedev (beaten by Alejandro Davidovitsj Fokina), Stefanos Tsitsipas (beaten by Kei Nishikori), Tommy Paul (defeated by Brandon Nakashima) and Felix Auger-Aliassime (defeated by Flavio Cobolli).

The winner of the 2024 Australian Open is the big favourite to win in Montreal, but he will have to show good tennis to avoid unpleasant surprises. Sinner’s main goal is to finish the year at the top of the ATP rankingsmaybe even winning US Open end of August. Jannik will have to defend himself against Carlos Alcaraz, since Novak Djokovic is no longer interested in this goal. The Serbian champion will also miss the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati and will arrive at the US Open without a preparation tournament.

Sinner was so criticized

Jannik Sinner has been widely criticized for his decision to miss the 2024 Paris Olympics due to tonsillitis. After his victory over Borna Coric in Montreal, the Italian ace spoke about the criticism he received in his country: “Missing the Games is a huge disappointment, because it was one of my main goals for this season. I couldn’t wait to have the honor of representing my country in this very important event. I think only my team and I really know how I felt. It’s one thing on the outside, another on the inside. I mostly know how I felt.

I had said since the beginning of the year that my biggest goal was the Olympic Games in Paris, but unfortunately I couldn’t even get out of bed. Then honestly, what people think… let’s say I don’t care much about it, little weight. I’m not on social media anymore, which is very good for me.

Then I read some things, it’s clear that when you open your phone there are notifications and I see something. But I also know who I am as a person and what kind of people I have around me — who all care about me a lot. Unfortunately, this time it happened like this, there will always be good things and some a little bit worse, like this. I understand people’s reaction, I’m honest, but now I’m here in Montreal and what happened, happened.”

Jannik has improved so much

Sinner has achieved a lot in the past year and showed unusual mental strength. The importance of the mental aspect in tennis told through the epic matches of its protagonists. This is the main theme of the new book Sinner Nadal Federer Djokovic – 24 games to get into the minds of champions and improve your mental tennis, the volume essay written by former player and now psychiatrist Christophe Bernelle in collaboration with Arnaud Ramsay.

A fascinating journey through the matches that have marked the recent past, revisiting memorable comebacks and forays of strength. Bernelle’s essay is a valuable book for fans of rackets and tennis. An analysis of how in this sport the mental aspect is just as fundamental as the technical aspect, which tells how even a game that now seems to be orchestrated can change and be changed in an instant. To analyze these themes, the author takes as a reference the strongest tennis players of recent times, and tells about their most iconic matches.

Of the 24 matches covered in the book, 24-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic’s comeback in the 2019 Wimbledon final against Roger Federerthe Swiss champion’s performance in the first round of the 2017 Australian Open and the showdown of Rafael Nadal in the semi-final of the 2009 Australian Slam. Among the protagonists of the essay are also the two most important protagonists of Italian tennis: 2021 Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini, who in 2021 at Wimbledon became the first Italian to play a final at Grand Slam level and the current world number one Jannik Sinner, whose emotions and thoughts of his unforgettable final won at the 2024 Australian Open are reviewed.