Yannick Sinner has beaten Novak Djokovic twice in ten days and one former Italian great believes Darren Cahill’s apprentice will oust the Serb from tennis.

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Yannick Sinner will force Novak Djokovic to end his career, Adriano Panatta believes

Adriano Panatta (1976 Davis Cup winner, when he also won at Roland Garros) believes Nole will retire at the end of next season after losing a few more matches to Sinner.

“I think the Sinner is becoming Djokovic’s worst nightmare. This is a player who hits harder than him, is as smart as him, who fights, maybe at least as much as he does. But he has a big advantage: he is much younger than the Serb.

I remember how Borg stopped because of McEnroy, how McEnroy stopped because of Boris Becker. I think Sinner will beat Djokovic a few more times next year and force the Serb into retirement.” – Adriano Panattareports Tuttosport.

Grishnyk defeated Djokovic in the Champions Tour groups and in the Davis Cup semi-finals (saving three match points in a row), but the world number one prevailed in the final act of the ATP Finals (and leads the head-to-head match 4-2). meetings).

Yannick Sinner’s successful performances in 2023:won the Davis Cup, a finalist in the Tournament of Champions, a career-best ranking (4th place), 4 titles (including his first Masters, in Canada), first Grand Slam semi-final (Wimbledon).

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 the 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).

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