Boris Becker thinks Jannik Sinner was \u201creally upset\u201d by his loss to Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open and assessed that it has inspired the Italian\u2019s dominant run of form.<\/p>\n
Sinner<\/a> was beaten by 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic in a thrilling five-set semi-final at the Australian Open in January \u2014 a result that ended his bid for a third straight title in Melbourne.<\/p>\n It was Sinner\u2019s first loss before the final of a Grand Slam since Wimbledon in 2024, while it ended his five-match winning streak against Djokovic.<\/p>\n The four-time major winner then suffered a shock three-set defeat to Jakub Mensik in the quarter-finals at the ATP 500 event in Doha in February.<\/p>\n After that loss, Sinner won 17 consecutive matches \u2014 dropping just one set in the process \u2014 as he secured Masters 1000 titles in Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo.<\/p>\n The 24-year-old\u2019s victory in Monte Carlo saw him overtake Carlos Alcaraz to return to world No 1, and he is now set to compete at the Madrid Open.<\/p>\n Victory in Madrid would see Sinner become the first player in history to win the first four ATP Masters 1000 tournaments in a season.<\/p>\n Boris Becker says Jannik Sinner is \u2018from another planet\u2019 as he makes Madrid Open prediction<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Jannik Sinner\u2019s coach explains why they decided not to skip Madrid Open<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n In an interview with Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport<\/em><\/a>, Becker lauded the level Sinner has produced during his incredible run.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d say the current Sinner is the best we\u2019ve seen so far,\u201d said the six-time Slam champion.<\/p>\n \u201cWinning the \u2018Sunshine Double\u2019 is something extraordinary; for me, in terms of difficulty, it\u2019s on par with winning a Grand Slam: West Coast, East Coast, time change, four weeks of commitment.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then going to Monte Carlo and winning the tournament while losing just one set\u2026 he\u2019s done something incredible, a feat whose sporting, physical, and mental value seems inestimable to me.<\/p>\n \u201cJannik is a humble guy; he\u2019s not one to go around talking about how good and strong he is, but if you sit down and analyse his performance over the past few weeks, it\u2019s incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked if he expected Sinner to find this form, Becker said: \u201cI think Jannik was really upset about losing to Djokovic in the fifth set in Melbourne; he wasn\u2019t expecting it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe loss to Mensik in Doha was definitely easier to digest. He went to Indian Wells, where he\u2019d never won, with a fist in his pocket, desperate to prove that what happened in Melbourne was an exception.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Carlos Alcaraz has been given a big warning over his future \u2013 will he now start to listen?<\/a> The post What \u2018really upset\u2019 Jannik Sinner was \u2018desperate to prove\u2019 with incredible run \u2013 Boris Becker\u2019s theory<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Boris Becker thinks Jannik Sinner was \u201creally upset\u201d by his loss to Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open and assessed that it has inspired the Italian\u2019s dominant run of form. Sinner was beaten by 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic in a thrilling five-set semi-final at the Australian Open in January \u2014 a result that ended […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n
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