Andy Roddick Makes ‘That’s Not Normal’ Comment About Jannik Sinner After Tough Win Over Alexander Zverev in Vienna
World No. 2 Jannik Sinner now holds a 4-4 head-to-head record over World No.3 Alexander Zverev.
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The match between Jannik Sinner and Alexander Zverev in the Vienna Open final could have ended in either player’s favor as Sascha took the first set off the Italian ace and later lost the third set 5-7. Zverev failed to win as Sinner took home his career’s second trophy in Vienna following the 2023 season.
The win helped the four-time Grand Slam champion tie his head-to-head record over Zverev to 4-4. Following the match, former player Andy Roddick, during his Served podcast gave his verdict on the final.
You know someone is good when you see the scoreline and think he had a tough one; he almost lost to the number three in the world, that’s crazy. That’s not normal… Wins 7-5 in the third, loses the first set against Alexander Zverev, and it’s like, that was a tight one, it’s the number three player in the world.
For Zverev, it was his fourth final of the season. He was chasing his second title of the year after his BMW Open win. Apart from Munich and Vienna, Zverev made the finals of the Australian Open and the Stuttgart Open.
He is so, so good, but that also speaks to the greatness of Sinner, where someone who has made a bunch of finals, won the Olympics, won a bunch of tournaments, won year-end finals multiple times, all of this stuff, and it’s like ‘He got taken to 7-5 in the third’, that’s how dominant Jannik Sinner has been, especially indoors.
Andy Roddick added
For Sinner, it was his fourth title of the season in his eighth final. He lifted the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the China Open prior to Vienna. The defeats that he suffered were at the hands of Carlos Alcaraz in the finals of the Italian Open, French Open, Cincinnati Masters (Sinner gave the walkover), and the US Open. Sinner also ended the Six Kings Slam in his favor for the second consecutive time by defeating the six-time Grand Slam champion.
After Vienna, Zverev is scheduled for an opening-round match against Camilo Ugo Carabelli at the Paris Masters. The three-time Grand Slam finalist is playing the last Masters 1000 of the season as the defending champion.
Jannik Sinner on his Davis Cup participation
Jannik Sinner, for the second time, has made it clear that he has said whatever he has to say about his Davis Cup Finals participation. The 24-year-old won’t be representing Italy in this year’s team event as he wants an extra week off to start his training season earlier.
This decision stirred backlash in the Italian tennis community, with some even saying that Sinner plays only for money. But not everyone protested against his decision as Italian Davis Cup captain Filippo Volandri, who said he understands the need to skip the team event. Sinner, ahead of his pre-tournament press conference in Vienna, was asked whether he would change his mind before November 18, the date the Davis Cup Final starts.
No, the decision is made. But I said already everything about this thing some days ago.
Sinner has never advanced beyond the third round in the Paris Masters and skipped the tournament last year. If Sinner wins the Paris Masters, he will once again sit on top of the rankings table, thanks to Carlos Alcaraz’s opening-round exit.
But Sinner will lose the ranking points during the ATP Finals because he will be playing the year-end championships as the defending champion. Sinner has so far played five tournaments as the defending champion, winning only at the Australian Open. He lost the Halle Open, Cincinnati Masters, US Open, and the Shanghai Masters. Sinner skipped the Rotterdam Open and was forced to skip the Miami Open because of his doping ban.
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