Jannik Sinner confirms busy schedule as he looks to finish 2023 on a high

Jannik Sinner will feature in five tournaments during the final few weeks of the 2023 campaign with the Italian looking to continue his end-of-season momentum.

Fresh from winning his third title of the season courtesy of victory in the China Open final on Wednesday, the rising star is back in action in the second round of the Shanghai Masters on Saturday as he faces American Marcos Giron.

Sinner is enjoying a fine end to the 2023 season as won his maiden ATP Masters 1000 title at the Canadian Open in August and followed it up with the ATP 500 trophy in Beijing this week.

His title run in China came on the back of wins over top seed Carlos Alcaraz and second seed Daniil Medvedev in the semi-final and final, respectively.

But which tournaments feature in the 22-year-old’s schedule after the Asian swing?

“The schedule is Shanghai, then I will try to play Vienna and Paris. That’s it. Hopefully Turin and Davis Cup,” Sinner said during a press conference.

“Let’s see. Can be that a couple of things can change, but that’s my schedule what I would like to play. That’s also what my team were thinking of. I think that’s the schedule.”

If the world No 4 reaches the latter stages of the Shanghai Masters – which runs until October 15 – then he will only have a couple of days off before he returns to action as the Vienna Open gets underway on October 23 with the final taking place October 29.

There will be no respite after that as the final ATP Masters 1000 event of the year, the Paris Masters, starts on October 30.

Although he has not officially been confirmed for the ATP Finals yet, Sinner will in all likelihood qualify for the season-ending event with the tournament running from November 12-19 in Turin.

And qualifying for the ATP Finals for the first time will be just rewards for the rising star as his hard work is paying off.

“It’s not about when you win one big title that things are going to change dramatically, especially the mindset,” said Sinner.

“I felt at the US Open I should have done a couple of things better. I practised a lot with my team, especially on the mental side and trying to understand my brain a little bit better. I recognised that I made a couple of mistakes and I tried to improve. I feel like the things I showed in Beijing last week were an improvement.”

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