Jannik Sinner Will Face Its First Olympic Challenge

Jannik Sinner will face another tennis star at the 2024 Paris Olympics (Instagram/@janniksin).

JAKARTA - Five years ago, to be precise in the spring of 2019, Jannik Sinner was 17 years old. He has made a surprise by winning the first round of ATP Masters 1000 in Rome.

Teenagers from a small town north of San Candido, Italy, then lost to seventh in the world at that time, Stefanos Tsitsipas.

However, surprisingly, Sinner threw his arrival announcement in the tennis world and would be a serious challenger going forward.

"I think we are on the right track. I just have to keep going like that," he said at his first international press conference.

Forward to the present, Sinner has already held the Australian Open trophy in 2024. He is now also the world's number 1 tennis player since June 10, 2024.

In total, he has collected 14 titles, four of which were won this year, as a single player.

This weekend, to be precise 27 July 2024, Sinner returned to the clay field, the type of field where he welcomed first time to professional tennis in Rome.

However, this time for the Olympics debut which will take place in Paris 2024, where tennis is held in a place he already knows, Stade Roland-Garros.

"This is one of the biggest events. I can't wait for that," said Sinner after his defeat in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon 2024.

The 42 wins and four defeats this season will shake any player at the 2024 Paris Olympics, including Carlos Alcaraz who beat him at the 2024 Roland-Garos with five sets and Daniil Medvedev at the 2024 Wimbledon.

Keep On Earth

Sinner doesn't want to be happy with his slick record this year. The goal is to continue to grow when you enter the 2024 Paris Olympics.

He said this when he returned to his small village called Sesto, a village of less than 2,000 people who helped foster Sinner's love for slope skis, which he finally worked on and became a junior champion.

Sinner homecoming to celebrate the victory at the 2024 Australian Open as well as world number one. The celebration with 500 village children who looked amazed at Sinner made him remember to keep grounded.

"The most important goal is to always develop as a player and as a person, surround myself with great people."

"I thought I could be very happy with what I did (with) my team," said Sinner.

In the celebration, he not only exhibited the world number one trophy, but also the Davis Cup which was won with the Italian team in 2023.

Italy has not won the Davis Cup for a long time since the last time in 1976. In addition, Piza Country also for the first time welcomed a single petenus who could become ranked first in the world.

However, Sinner still doesn't forget the team behind his success. The team has been the key for the 22-year-old to level up over the past few years.

He is known to hone his game under the care of the Piazzi Riccardo since the age of 13. In early 2022, he turned to a relatively unknown coach, Simone Vignozzi, then added Darren airing, who has also coached many of the top players in the past.

"I'm very happy to be in this position now. I have a great team behind me who knows what I have to do."

"With Darren, he has a lot of experience. He's been through this several times. Simone, we've talked about what we can still improve," he said.

The Battle Of The Stars

The men's singles number for the 2024 Paris Olympics is the most anticipated by the public.

Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz with Novak Djokovic will desperately hunt for their first gold medal at the Olympics.

Rafael Nadal is also a serious challenger. The legendary star who has won 14 times Roland-Garros has participated in the fight despite entering the dusk of his career.

The Spanish tennis player cannot be underestimated. You see, he will make the 2024 Paris Olympics a happy farewell from the tennis world that has made his name.

Not to mention there is Alexander Zverev, a German who is also the defending champion of the Olympics.

Olympic tennis has not been held on clay since Barcelona 1992. This is a shift that will challenge every player who sets foot at the Stade Roland-Garros, just two weeks after the completion of the 2024 Wimbledon held on the grass field.