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BETTER THAN DJOKOVIC: THE SHOCKING 400-MATCH STAT PUTTING JANNIK SINNER IN A LEAGUE ALONE

Jannik Sinner reaches his 400th match with a record-breaking 314 wins, outpacing Djokovic and Federer at the same career stage.

Better than Djokovic: The shocking 400-match stat putting Jannik Sinner in a league alone
Sinner’s 314-86 start ranks as the best among all active players.

Jannik Sinner hit a cool mark that most players don't even get close to, let alone beat.

At the Paris Masters in October, the Italian played his 400th ATP match and won his 314th!

Jannik beat Ben Shelton without dropping a set, keeping his indoor winning run going and celebrating his big match. Sinner's record of 314-86 in his first 400 ATP matches is better than any other active player, even Novak Djokovic!

Djokovic had 301 wins in his first 400 ATP matches. Sinner's doing super well compared to some of the best players in tennis, so let's see how good he's been.

Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg, Stefan Edberg, and Mats Wilander all had worse records than the Italian after 400 matches.

This shows how well Sinner has done since he started his career. He won 63 of his first ATP matches and kept improving, winning 75, 85, and then 91 in the next three sets of matches, which is better than many legends.

The Italian is fast, but there are still tough goals to hit. Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Rafael Nadal, Ivan Lendl, and Boris Becker had better records than Sinner after their first 400 ATP matches, but the Europeans weren't too far ahead.

What makes this milestone interesting is what happens next. The next 100 matches often make or break careers, and Jannik is currently 7-0!

If he keeps this up, people might start talking about how he's setting new standards instead of just comparing him to others and about his long-term impact instead of just his speed. Right now, few players in tennis history have gotten this far this quickly.

Sinner will try to continue his great play at the Australian Open in January, where he will try to become the second player to win three straight titles there in the Open era after Novak Djokovic.

INSIDE THE "KILLER INSTINCT" DEBATE: WHAT JIMMY CONNORS REALLY MEANT ABOUT ARYNA SABALENKA

Jimmy Connors criticizes Aryna Sabalenka for lacking "killer instinct" after she blew a 3-0 lead against Elena Rybakina in Melbourne.

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Jimmy Connors is right—Sabalenka lacks the ruthlessness of a true legend

Jimmy Connors didn’t hold back about Aryna Sabalenka’s performance in the Australian Open final—he thinks she just didn’t have that killer instinct when it mattered.

For about a set and a half, Sabalenka had a rough time trying to break Elena Rybakina’s serve. She finally did it in the tenth game of the second set, forced a third set, and quickly jumped out to a 3-0 lead. She even got within two points of going up 4-0. But after that, things completely unravelled. Sabalenka lost the next five games, suddenly trailing 3-5. She managed to hold serve one more time, but Rybakina kept her cool and closed it out, winning 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Connors, who’s racked up eight Grand Slam titles himself, didn’t mince words. He said Sabalenka should never have let it slip away.

“Sabalenka—she was up 3-0 in the third, right? I might get a little heat for this, but you need that killer instinct,” Connors said on his podcast. “When you’re in a final, and you’ve got someone on the ropes, you have to stay on top, keep the pressure on, cut down on mistakes, and make your opponent fight for every single point. Don’t hand anything over.”

He pointed out Sabalenka’s history of tough losses, saying, “She’s had some bad luck in finals, and maybe there were a few she should’ve won. But when you’re up 3-0 in the third set of a major, you have to finish the job. She’s way too good not to.”

This latest loss marks Sabalenka’s third Grand Slam final defeat in the past year—she fell short in last year’s Australian Open and French Open finals, though she did win the US Open. That puts her at 4-4 in Grand Slam finals.

On the flip side, Rybakina adds the Australian Open title to her resume. With Wimbledon already under her belt, she now owns two Grand Slam trophies.

WHAT DID JANNIK SINNER MEAN BY "IT DOESN'T MATTER" WHEN LOOKING AT THE SCOREBOARD?

Despite hitting 70 winners and winning more points, Jannik Sinner falls to the resilience of Novak Djokovic in 5 sets.

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Jannik Sinner’s 11.1% break point conversion rate cost him the match

At 38, he pulled off something wild—coming back from a set down not once, but twice. Four hours and nine minutes later, he left the favourite stunned. World No. 2 looked set to face Carlos Alcaraz in the final, but that dream just vanished.

Sinner actually won 12 more points than Djokovic. He just didn’t make them count. Eighteen break points came his way, but he only converted two. That hurt. The 24-year-old walked off the court knowing he’d outscored the legend, but on the scoreboard, it meant nothing.

Jannik led in almost every stat, even smashing over 70 winners. But when it mattered most, especially in the fifth set with eight break points, he couldn’t pull away. The favourite started strong, taking the first set 6-3.

Novak wasn’t going anywhere, though. He broke in the fourth game of the second set, then dug in to save break points in the fifth and seventh, grabbing the set 6-3 to even things up.

In the third, Sinner fended off a break point in game five, then pounced late to break at 5-4. Two sets to one—he was nearly there.

Djokovic just kept pushing. He broke right away in the fourth set, fought off break points at 4-4, and held his nerve to take it and force a decider.

Then, the old master really dug in. Novak saved five break points early in the fifth. Jannik, up 40-15 in the seventh game, blinked and got broken. That was the turning point.

Novak found himself down 40-0 in the next game but rattled off five points in a row to keep control. Serving at 5-4, he held steady and closed it out. That’s his 11th Australian Open final.

“I was holding serve a bit easier than Novak—he really had to fight and face all those break points. I know I won more points, but honestly, that doesn’t matter when you look at the scoreboard,” Jannik Sinner said.

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