{"id":54076,"date":"2024-01-30T04:26:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T04:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/sinner-ready-to-dance-in-pressure-storm-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-30T04:26:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T04:26:14","slug":"sinner-ready-to-dance-in-pressure-storm-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/sinner-ready-to-dance-in-pressure-storm-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinner ready to ‘dance in pressure storm’ | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A composed Jannik Sinner<\/a> is ready for what comes next after winning a maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, saying he likes to “dance in the pressure storm”.<\/p>\n

Ever since bursting on the scene as a 17-year-old in 2019, the Italian has been touted as one of tennis’ future greats.<\/p>\n

It has been a five-year grind to reach the pinnacle with his come-from-behind five-set victory over Daniil Medvedev in Melbourne on Sunday, and the prodigious young talent is taking it in his stride.<\/p>\n

“I’m extremely happy that I am in this position now. I have a great team behind me who knows what I have to do,” he said of the extra spotlight that will now inevitably fall on him.<\/p>\n

He pointed to having Darren Cahill in his corner as a coach, with the Australian having been there and done that.<\/p>\n

Cahill guided Lleyton Hewitt to become the second youngest player ranked world number one before coaching Andre Agassi to become the oldest player to achieve the feat.<\/p>\n

He has also worked with a host of other high-profile players including Andy Murray and Simona Halep, guiding the Romanian to the French Open title.<\/p>\n

“With Darren, he has a lot of experience. He has been through this already a number of times,” said Sinner.<\/p>\n

“So, you know, it’s all part of the process. Obviously having this trophy, it’s an amazing feeling. I feel grateful to have this here.<\/p>\n

“But I know that I have to work even harder, because the opponents,… will find the way to beat me and I have to be prepared. Let’s see what’s coming in the future.”<\/p>\n

A striking aspect of Sinner’s time in Melbourne was his calm and composed demeanour, even when he found himself in trouble.<\/p>\n

Against an ultra-aggressive Medvedev, he did not panic when he fell two sets behind, instead looking for chinks in the Russian’s armour and when a chance arose, he took it.<\/p>\n

“There is always pressure, but the pressure is something good. You have to take it in a good way. It’s a privilege, no?,” he said.<\/p>\n

“So yes, I like to dance in the pressure storm. Personally, I like it, because that’s where most of the time I bring out my best tennis. I’m also quite relaxed in this occasion, because I always try to enjoy being on the court.”<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old is the first Italian man to win a Slam since Adriano Panatta in 1976 and the youngest man to win the Australian Open since Novak Djokovic<\/a> in 2008.<\/p>\n

It capped a highly successful six months for Sinner, who clinched his maiden ATP Masters crown in Toronto last August.<\/p>\n

He backed that up with titles in Beijing and Vienna before reaching the championship match on home soil at November’s ATP Finals and guiding Italy to Davis Cup<\/a> success.<\/p>\n

For Sinner, it has been the result of long-term thinking by him and his team.<\/p>\n

“I think what I did not last year, but two years ago, getting to know my body better, getting to know my team better. This was a very important step for me,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Then last year we tried to have some more results. That made me believe that I can compete against the best players in the world.<\/p>\n

“But (here) I still have to process it, because beating Novak in the semis and then Daniil in the final, they are tough players to beat.<\/p>\n

“So it’s a great moment for me and my team, but we also know that we have to improve if we want to have another chance to hold a big trophy again.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MELBOURNE: A composed Jannik Sinner is ready for what comes next after winning a maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, saying he likes to “dance in the pressure storm”. Ever since bursting on the scene as a 17-year-old in 2019, the Italian has been touted as one of tennis’ future greats. It has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/Sinner-Tennis1706539305-0\/Sinner-Tennis1706539305-0.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t