By Richard Pagliaro | @TennisNow | Saturday, February 1, 2025
Picture credit score: Kelly DeFina/Getty
The tennis world watched Jannik Sinner create marvel down underneath.
Now, world No. 1 Sinner is sharing the superb story behind his profitable Australian Open title protection.
Extra: Sinner and Cahill to Half After 2025
The three-time Grand Slam champion has launched the Jannik Sinner YouTube channel.
Episode one lifts the curtain on how Sinner responded from sickness and a bodily four-set win over Thirteenth-seeded Holger Rune within the AO fourth spherical.
In his resort room the subsequent morning, Sinner exhibits resiliency and shares the off-day plan: light-hitting, some stretching, getting his six Head racquets re-strung and signing some pictures for his affable Aussie driver.
It is a high-quality video have a look at how a champion manages his time, physique, vitality and emotion whereas making an attempt to peak for ultimate Sunday.
Remarkably, Sinner appears most relaxed the day earlier than he confronted Alexander Zverev within the ultimate.
“Attempting additionally to take pleasure in these moments as a result of they’re very uncommon days,” Sinner tells the digicam throughout his drive again to the resort. “Taking part in the ultimate of a Grand Slam it’s all the time particular.
“So let’s take it straightforward at this time after which tomorrow is a special day. Tomorrow is the day the place it counts probably the most.”
Solidifying his standing as hard-court king, Sinner shredded Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6(4), 6-3 Within the Australian Open ultimate efficiently defending his AO championship with command.
It was Sinner’s career-best twenty first consecutive victory—he has not misplaced since bowing to Carlos Alcaraz within the Beijing ultimate final fall—and his twenty first straight Grand Slam hard-court victory.
Three very cool moments from Sinner’s first video that stand out:
*The eruption of emotion after match level, when Sinner’s total workforce embraces in a bunch hug. You see how profoundly particular this second is for all.
*Hours after claiming his third main crown a beaming Sinner holds the trophy in his resort room and displays on private which means.
“I all the time say that success can be a strategy to say thanks to all of the individuals who enable you to obtain this..” Sinner says. “It is superb as a result of folks solely see what we do on courtroom. However off courtroom is what actually issues the place you construct your life for the long run. I imply, nowadays are uncommon.”
*All through the video, Sinner persistently fist-bumps the videographer, a really elegant contact, and a method of acknowledging the digicam individual’s work as nicely.
