“You can’t do in two months,” Jannik Sinner’s coach reveals the Australian Open champion’s success arc

Jannik Sinner’s co-coach Simone Vagnozzi has explained the successful rise of the 22-year-old star to a Grand Slam champion. Following Sinner’s triumph at the Rotterdam Open, the Italian has now solidified his status as one of the best players of his generation.

The new World No.3 began the year with a ‘super-height’. He defeated the likes of Novak Djokovic and Daniil Medvedev to win the Australian Open and is without a loss this season. The Rotterdam Open title is his 12th ATP Tour crown.

Simone, his coach was excited about the new form of Jannik Sinner. He told Sky Sports that the player’s progress began two years ago.

I am lucky to have a special man. Today's match was very difficult, De Minaur played at a crazy level. In recent days, Jannik has really raised his level and he deserved to win this tournament. When we started two years ago, our goal was to make him a better player, but those are things you can't do in two months.

Simone further added:

He wasn't bad, we were still talking about World No. 10, but to reach certain levels you have to be complete. His desire to improve is very important.

Jannik Sinner will compete next at the BNP Paribas Open on the 4th of March. He now stands as the favorite following two titles in two competitions already this season.

Jannik Sinner wins Rotterdam Open

Sinner produced his trademark style of aggressive tennis to win his second title of the season on Sunday. The Italian defeated Alex de Minaur 7-5, 6-4 to win the ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam.

Two hours and five minutes was enough for the 22-year-old to strike 23 winners and recover from squandering a break advantage in both sets to earn his 15th tour-level win in a row. He maintained his perfect record against de Minaur, a 7-0 in the head-to-head.

My team, we did a really good job a few weeks ago and now we have done a very good job here. I am proud of the level that I played throughout this whole week. We have been in tough situations but we handled it the right way. We will always try to improve, it is the most important.

Sinner said

Sinner has now won 32 of his last 34 games, including three consecutive ATP 500 titles. The Italian’s confidence saw him end Novak Djokovic’s 33-match winning streak in Melbourne.

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