Former world number one Andy Roddick believes Italian Jannik Sinner enjoys similar popularity to former England footballer David Beckham. The 23-year-old is considered the best player currently playing in the singles category of men’s tennis. Former world number one Roddick recently equated Sinner in Italy with former England footballer Beckham, who enjoyed similar popularity in his country.
“Apparently he’s something of a David Beckham star, fame, chaos, circus in Italy. Jim Courier said, and I’m going to be wrong on the numbers, but just focus on the mood, but Sunday night, the Italian football league, “I don’t know who was playing, but usually that’s a huge viewership,” Roddick said. “Football had an audience rating of 1.3 million and Jannik Sinner’s opening night had a higher audience rating in Italy than the US Open. It reached about 3 million, it doubled the football audience rating. In the first round, not in the Finale. A huge star there, he goes to dinner and it’s like Taylor Swift.”
Sinner had a fabulous season. The reigning world number one won three major titles. He started the year by winning the Australian Open title, which was his first Grand Slam title. In the final he defeated Russian Daniil Medvedev in a five-set thriller 3:6, 3:6, 6:4, 6:4, 6:3. He then won the US Open after defeating American Taylor Fritz in the final in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. Sinner won his last major title on home soil in front of thousands of fans when he beat Fritz in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 in the final. After the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Swiss Roger Federer, he was only the third player in the history of men’s tennis to win the Australian, US Open and the ATP Finals in the same year.
