World number one at the end of the 2023 season, Novak Djokovic left his throne in 2024. Thanks to his qualification for the Shanghai Masters 1000 final, Jannik Sinner is guaranteed to end the year 2024 in first place in the rankings ATP, thus succeeding the Serbian whom he will meet in the final on Sunday.
Tennis is experiencing a shift. After Roger Federerit was Rafael Nadal who announced his retirement, leaving Novak Djokovic alone against the new guard. Damaged by injuries in 2024, a year in which he will not have won a single Grand Slamthe Serbian could not defend his points and therefore lost his place as world number one. Jannik Sinner took it back from him and won’t let him have it until the end of the year.
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Sinner remains world number one!
Despite a recent doping case, which saw the Italian cleared against all expectations, Jannik Sinner had a historic season ahead of the first Transalpine to occupy the top of the rankings ATP thanks to his two victories at the Australian Open then to l’US Open. Qualified for the final of Masters 1000 in Shanghai this Saturday after his victory over Tomas Machache is sure to finish the year number one in the world and thus succeed the sacred monster Djokovic.
“It’s really something special”
« It’s incredible. Becoming world No. 1 is the kind of thing you dream of when you’re a kid, when you’re a younger player. To be there too at the end of the year is really something special. It means a lot to me, but I would never have achieved it without the people around me, my family and my team “, declared Jannik Sinner. It only remains for him to reproduce seven seasons of this kind to beat the record held by Novak Djokovic.
