Tennis | Mouratoglou defines Jannik Sinner as a ‘Djokovic 2.0’: “He’s playing faster… it’s incredible”

If there is a tennis player who has been in the news during 2024 in the world of tennis, it has been Jannik Sinner. The Italian is receiving all kinds of praise for his game and for closing a season in which he has won the two Grand Slams on hard courts (Australian Open and US Open) and the 2024 ATP Finals held in Turin.

“I think it makes perfect sense to call him Djokovic 2.0 Because of his movement, his way of counterattacking, it is incredible. He has the same qualities as Novak and the 2.0 is added because He is playing faster, reaching the balls sooner. He’s moving all the time,” Mouratoglou confessed about that comparison he makes between ‘Nole’ and Jannik Sinner.

For Mouratoglou, the big key to Jannik Sinner’s game is “his ability to play at a very high pace without failure“The French coach adds that it is also very important.”your movement” on the track. The fact that “he is moving all the time” ends up making it very difficult for his rivals.

One of the great similarities between Sinner and Djokovic, according to Mouratoglou, is in “the counterattacks.” “He has Novak’s qualities in terms of counterattacking and I think he plays at a higher pace than Djokovic,” Mouratoglou said about that style of play.

“Now he is aggressive with his backhand and also changes direction very easily. You feel in danger every time you hit the ball, all the time,” Mouratoglou concluded about this improvement in Sinner’s game.