World number one
Jannik Sinner has revealed details of his
matchday preparations. The 23-year-old is already regarded as the best player currently
playing in men’s tennis in the singles category.
Sinner is currently taking part in the
Australian Open, where
he is defending his title. He lifted the major title last year in Melbourne after
beating Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the final in a five-set thriller with a
score of 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. The reigning top player in men’s tennis has recently
been quoted in a report where he opened up about his matchday preparations.
Sinner revealed that he usually sleeps around 10 hours before playing the
match.
"Usually I'm quite relaxed until 20 minutes before the
match, so I try to sleep in as long as possible, which I have no doubts I can
do that every day,” he said. "I slept around 10 hours this night, which is
good. Everyone tells me that, so hopefully I can keep going. And then again I
had half an hour before the match, again sleeping, but hopefully I wake up when
it counts. At 7 I try to be awake, but no, if not, we obviously try to feel the
ball a little bit for half an hour, 40 minutes. I'm trying to have good food,
and obviously now it's quite long because we have to do press, we have to do
ice bath, which, you know, is all part of the job, and hopefully I recover for
tomorrow's practice.”
Sinner has booked his spot in the fourth round after beating
America’s Marcos Giron in straight sets with a score of 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. He is
now set to face Denmark’s
Holger Rune in the round of 16 who cemented his spot after
beating Miomir Kecmanovic in a five-set thriller with a score of 6-7, 6-3, 4-6,
6-4, 6-4. It will be the fifth meeting between the two players. In the previous
four meetings, both players emerged victorious on two occasions. Their most
recent meeting was in the quarterfinal of the Monte-Carlo Masters in April 2024
where Sinner came out on top with a score of 6-4, 6-7, 6-3. Interestingly, it
will be the first-ever meeting between the two players at a Grand Slam.