Jannik Sinner makes admission about his sensational form after Daniil Medvedev demolition

Ewan West
Jannik Sinner at the 2024 Miami Open
Jannik Sinner reacts at the Miami Open

Jannik Sinner has admitted even he is “surprised” by his incredible start to the season after he dismantled Daniil Medvedev in the semi-finals of the 2024 Miami Open. 

The world No 3 also reflected it was “tough to say” whether this dominant win was better than his display in his Australian Open final victory against Medvedev since that “was more special.”

Sinner produced an outstanding performance to dismantle Medvedev 6-1, 6-2 in just an hour and nine minutes in the last four of the Miami Open on Friday.

The Italian is looking to win his second ATP Masters 1000 event and first title in Miami, having lost in the final of the tournament in 2021 and 2023. He will face Grigor Dimitrov in Sunday’s title match after the Bulgarian saw off Alexander Zverev in three sets in the semi-finals.

The 22-year-old has now won five straight matches against Medvedev after losing his first six encounters with the world No 3 – bringing the head-to-head record to 5-6.

Sinner came back from two sets to love down to defeat former world No 1 and US Open champion Medvedev in the final of the 2024 Australian Open to win his maiden Grand Slam title.

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In his press conference after his devastating Miami win against Medvedev, Sinner addressed his incredible form in 2024, having made an imperious 21-1 start to the year.

“I am surprised, for sure. I mean, it’s something I was not expecting, for sure. But, you know, it also shows that I take everything day by day, and that’s what’s happening, it’s happening,” he said.

“You cannot really control everything. You just can control the emotions, the will to improve day by day, and that’s it. For sure, I’m really happy about the season I’m playing in. Who would not be happy?

“But in the other way, I know that the players, they get to know me more. They study me, so I have to be ready. I was struggling earlier in this tournament, as we saw, and it also shows that every day is different, no?

“Today I felt great on court. Maybe Sunday I will not feel great. I don’t know what will be happening, but it’s just day by day, and that’s it.”

The world No 3 was also asked if he felt he played better in this victory than in his Australian Open final triumph over the 28-year-old Russian.

“Yeah, different matchup, for sure, but I played very solid today, especially in the beginning of the sets. Then after, he missed couple of shots where usually he is not missing them,” Sinner assessed.

“Then when there is, even if the difference is quite small from one player to the other one, but if one plays a little bit better that day and the other player plays a little bit worse, sometimes the difference is big. Today it was like this.

“But in the other way, you have to be careful, because the score is this one, but if he breaks me early in the first set or if he breaks me with the break point he had on 2-1 in the second set, things are going to change from this to this (smiling).

“So we see only the score, but tactically today I felt very good, and I’m prepared even if the score would have been 3-all, 4-all, 5-all, and that’s it, no.

“It’s tough to say that this one was better than the other one. The other one was more special because of certain things, but I think that’s it.”

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