Lack Of 'Important Matches' Slowed Sinner's Progress Behind Alcaraz & Rune Says Ljubicic

| by Evita Mueller

Former player Ivan Ljubicic broke down the career of Jannik Sinner and why his progression seems rather slow compared to the rest.

Sinner has been part of the top flight of the ATP Tour for a few years but he's yet to have a major breakout. Compared to his contemporaries, Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune, the Italian still lacks an ATP 1000 trophy for example, even though he has a few deep runs at Grand Slams.

Stardom is written all over his career but things seem to go much slower compared to the sudden rise of Alcaraz and and the milder case of Rune. In an interview recently, Ljubicic talked about Sinner and his progression admitting that he is improving albeit slower compared to Alcaraz for example.

He has improved, as he should at this age. We can argue, is it fast enough, if those jumps are (high enough). I think Alcaraz has improved a lot the last 12 months. I think (Holger) Rune made a big step forward too.

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Sinner's Roland Garros exit this year showed the Italian to still be prone to the odd result, with his Wimbledon loss to Djokovic leaving very few inspired as well. While it might not go as quickly, Ljubicic isn't worried as he sees him at the top down the line.

It’s okay. Five years from now, most likely Alcaraz, Sinner and Rune will be one, two and three, with Medvedev probably still around, you know, making their lives tough. Maybe some guys will, you know, surprise us. But this is what it feels at the moment. His trajectory is not disappointing, let’s put it this way.

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US Open will be a good test for him as he played really well both last year and in previous editions.

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