​Novak Djokovic was defeated by Yannick Sinner at the Tournament of Champions and the Serbian was criticized by the former Italian great player for the way he behaved during the match at Pala Alpitura (Torin).

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Adriano Panatta compares Djokovic with Federer and Nadal: “I don’t like this attitude at all”

Adriano Panatta commented live on the match between Djokovic and Sinner and accused the Serb of using all sorts of tricks to confuse his opponents when his game is not working on normal parameters.

The 1976 Roland Garros winner believes Nole is not up to the level of his great rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in this respect.

“Have you ever seen Federer or Nadal act like Djokovic today? I bet he was going to call a bathroom break to break the rhythm, he always does.

First the toilet, then the physiotherapist. Try everything… I don’t like this attitude at all. But the Sinner does not care: he sits quietly and has an answer for everything” – Adriano Panatta to Paradise Italy.

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Who is Adriano Panatta?

At the age of 73, Adriano Panatta had his highest world ranking at No. 4 in August 1976. He won 10 titles in his career, one of which was a Grand Slam (Roland Garros – 1976 edition). He also won the Davis Cup with Italy in 1976.

He was one of the opponents of the era for Ilie Nestase (10-3 in straight matches for the Romanian).

Photo source: Norbert Scanella / Panoramic / Bestimage / Profimedia

Djokovic lost to Sinner in three sets, 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-7(2), at the end of a match that lasted three hours and 10 minutes.

Statistics of the match Djokovic – Sinner

Aces: 20-15

Double faults: 1-2

Points won on the first serve: 81% – 79%

Points won on second serve: 59% – 55%

Break points saved: 33% (1/3) – 67% (2/3)

Winning shots: 46 – 37

Unforced errors: 14 – 11

Total number of points received: 109 – 109

Green group, rating

1 Yannick Sinner 2-0 (wins / losses) / 4-1 sets

2 Novak Djokovic 1-1 / 3-3

3 runs Holger 1-1 / 3-2

4 Hubert Gurkach 0-0 / 0-0

5 Stefanos Tsitsipas 0-2 / 0-4 (withdrew from the competition)

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Know:

• The ATP leader and Darren Cahill’s protégé have met four times on the world stage, and Djokovic now leads 3-1.

2021 / 6-4, 6-2 in Monte Carlo for Djokovic

2022 / 5-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 at Wimbledon for Djokovic

2023 / 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4) at Wimbledon for Djokovic

2023 / 7-5, 6-7(5), 7-6(2) for Sinner at the Tournament of Champions

The main records of Novak Djokovic

Born May 22, 1986 in Belgrade, Djokovic currently holds many tennis records, but the most important are the following three: most Grand Slam titles, most Masters (ATP 1000) and most weeks out of the ATP leaderboard.

1st place in the ATP at the end of the season

1 Novak Djokovic 8

2 Pete Sampras 6

3 Roger Federer / Jimmy Connors / Rafael Nadal 5 etc.

Ranking of Grand Slam titles

1 Novak Djokovic 24

2 Rafael Nadal 22

3 Roger Federer 20 (retired)

Ranking of Masters tournaments

1 Novak Djokovic 39

2 Rafael Nadal 36

3 Roger Federer 28 (retired)

Weeks under #1 ATP

1 Novak Djokovic 399

2 Roger Federer 301

3 Pete Sampras 286 etc.

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