US Open champion working with two of Djokovic’s former team members, but their game styles are often compared too.
While Sinner has accepted these comparisons, the 23-year-old also suggested that he has many differences to Djokovic.
“We have some similarities, me and [Djokovic], but at the end, we are still different,” said Sinner. “So you know, we have to try to adapt, whatever is best for me, and trying to understand. But this, it takes time. I’m very happy to have them [Panichi and Badio] on my team.”
As they are on other sides of the draw, Sinner and Djokovic will only be able to play one another if they both reach the final in Shanghai.Both players will be back in action tomorrow, with Sinner taking on Ben Shelton, while Djokovic plays the unseeded Roman Safiullin for a place in the quarter-finals.Inside the baseline…The comparisons between Jannik Sinner and Novak Djokovic were already very prevalent due to their similar game styles, and the Italian employing two of his rivals former team members has only heightened that. While Sinner did not want to play too much into the comparisons, if he could have even half of Djokovic’s success then that would classify as a more than legendary career.
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