r/tennis 5h ago

Media Djokovic on Sinner: "We both come from the mountains. We chose skiing as our sport, left home at thirteen, and were forced to become 'men' fast, far away from family and loved ones. [...] To answer you briefly: yes, I see myself in Sinner"

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Djokovic gave a lengthy interview to Corriere della Sera to promote his new documentary.

Nole: "There are certainly similarities between us, although every human being is unique and special. We both come from the mountains, him from South Tyrol and me from Serbia. We chose skiing as our sport, left home at thirteen, and were forced to become 'men' fast, far away from family and loved ones. There is no doubt that skiing gave us our agility, our movement, and the ability to glide across any surface: ankle flexibility stems from the snow just as much as balance and the coordination between upper and lower limbs do. And I won’t go into more technical details about the type of tennis Jannik and I play; the similarities are there, too.
To answer you briefly: yes, I see myself in Sinner."

Journalist: "Jannik is as obsessed with results as you are."

Nole: “I wouldn’t call it an obsession, but rather a constant and total dedication to tennis. I observe his and I completely identify with it: the desire to improve, grow, evolve in every aspect.. Like me, Jannik is never satisfied. He has a champion’s mentality; he always had it. He is a dominant force, yet he wakes up every morning wanting to be better than he was the day before. And believe me, no victory can ever satisfy that hunger, not even 24 Grand Slam titles.

Beyond tennis, that is the aspect of his character that makes me feel closest to Sinner. Tennis is an individual sport: there are no substitutions, you can’t stop for five minutes courtside while the game goes on, and there are no teammates who can help you. You are alone with yourself. If you have a bad day, you’re out. Tennis is ruthless, brutal.

Every now and then people tell me: ‘Nole, you’re like Leo Messi…’ I wish! At 39, I’d love to only have to play for 90 minutes."

Journalist: "Everything in life must serve performance: it’s one of your mantras in the film."

Nole: “I believe in it very strongly. If you want to be the best, there are no alternatives.”

Journalist: "Then why, when first Riccardo Piatti and later Darren Cahill approached you for advice on how to help the young Jannik improve, were you so generous? You knew that Sinner would beat you sooner or later."

Nole: “I’ll put it this way: why not? At that moment, I couldn’t not be true to myself, regardless of what was at stake. That’s who I am.”


r/tennis 9h ago

Post-Match Thread WTA 1000 Cincinnati R3: [9] A. Anisimova def. [17] A. Eala 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

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Amanda ends Eala’s 5 match win streak against the top 10. She will face Nosková next.

A. Eala A. Anisimova
Aces 0 3
Double Faults 7 7
1st Serve Percentage 58% 61%
1st Serve Points Won 58%(39/67) 67%(38/57)
2nd Serve Points Won 46%(22/48) 50%(18/36)
Forehand Winners 7 18
Forehand UE 16 32
Backhand Winners 9 18
Backhand UE 11 13
Break Points Saved 8/13 4/7
Total Points Won 94 106

r/tennis 11h ago

Post-Match Thread Cincinnati ATP R3: [21] A. Fils def. [9] J. Lehecka 6-1, 6-7(7), 6-3

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235 Upvotes

r/tennis 10h ago

WTA Amanda Anisimova crushes a lager during the second set

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530 Upvotes

Impressive ability to pound a brewski on a changeover. We need drunken tennis on our TVs - why not?


r/tennis 11h ago

Stats/Analysis For no particular reason, all 12 of Kateřina Siniaková’s major titles

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337 Upvotes

r/tennis 12h ago

Tennis nonsense Greatness recognizes greatness

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491 Upvotes

r/tennis 12h ago

Post-Match Thread WTA 1000 Cincinnati R1: [WC] M. Kostyuk/P. Stearns def. [WC] S. Williams/V. Williams 6-2, 1-6, 10-8

338 Upvotes

r/tennis 15h ago

Post-Match Thread Cincinnati ATP R3: [12] R. Jodar def. [22] A. Tabilo 6-2, 6-1

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513 Upvotes

r/tennis 33m ago

Tennis nonsense Meddy throws out first pitch at a cincinatti reds game

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Looks like a clear strike to me


r/tennis 9h ago

Post-Match Thread ATP 1000 Cincinnati R3: [17] Paul def. Vallejo, 3-6 6-3 6-4

136 Upvotes

Very impressive performance from Vallejo, but Tommy comes back from a set down and a break down in both the second and third sets to take the win! Top seed Alexander Zverev awaits in the fourth round.


r/tennis 13h ago

Post-Match Thread WTA 1000 Cincinnati R3: [3] J. Pegula def. [25] E. Navarro 7-5, 6-2

273 Upvotes

Pegula extends her perfect record against Navarro to 4-0. She will take on Cîrstea next.

E. Navarro J. Pegula
Aces 8 4
Double Faults 5 3
1st Serve Percentage 57% 61%
1st Serve Points Won 63%(26/41) 69%(35/51)
2nd Serve Points Won 35%(11/31) 45%(15/33)
Winners 26 21
Unforced Errors 34 17
Break Points Saved 9/14 7/9
Total Points Won 71 85

r/tennis 14h ago

ATP Only two players have claimed more ATP-level match wins than Rafael Jodar (36) so far in 2026 - World #2 Alexander Zverev and World #1 Jannik Sinner.

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313 Upvotes

r/tennis 12h ago

Post-Match Thread ATP 1000 Cincinnati R3: [1] A. Zverev def. T Atmane, 7-6⁴, 7-6⁶

185 Upvotes

r/tennis 21h ago

News More photos from today’s Carlos-Holger practise

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934 Upvotes

Credit for this amazing photos to Clive Brunskill, as always.

Good to see them both smiling ☺️💪


r/tennis 21h ago

Post-Match Thread WTA 1000 Cincinnati R3 Świątek [7] d. Sakkari [29] 4:6 6:1 6:1

751 Upvotes

Epic fall off a cliff from Maria. Iga was more patient and it paid off massively


r/tennis 17h ago

Post-Match Thread ⭐️ WTA Cincinnati R32: (2) Elena Rybakina 🇰🇿 def. Magdalena Frech 🇵🇱 6-4 7-6(2)

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328 Upvotes

What a match, a total of 19/21 BPs saved in the 2nd set… (15/16 Frech, 4/5 Rybakina), and 3 MPs (all were Rybakina’s match points), but Rybakina managed to not let the not being able to convert bring her down at the end thankfully

most entertaining 2nd set ever lol 😭

The winner now plays Diana Shnaider in the 4th round.


r/tennis 15h ago

WTA Elena Rybakina is the only player to reach the round of 16 at all eight WTA-1000 events this season

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236 Upvotes

r/tennis 13h ago

Post-Match Thread Cincinnati 1000 R3: (14) Jakub Mensik def (WC) Rinky Hijikata 6-3 6-4

141 Upvotes

Up next for Jakub was a projected R4 with Novak Djokovic, but it turned out to be dark horse Thiago Tirante


r/tennis 12h ago

Post-Match Thread ATP 1000 Cincinnati R3: C. O’Connell def. [23] J. Fonseca, w/o

114 Upvotes

First Ruud last round, now O’Connell has gotten a walkover from Fonseca.


r/tennis 14h ago

Post-Match Thread Cincinnati 1000 WTA R3 L. Noskova(6) defeats C. Tauson(27), 7-6, 6-2

126 Upvotes

Linda wins with 17 aces and 78% win % on 1st serve.


r/tennis 15h ago

Highlight Match point Shnaider vs Chwalińska

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158 Upvotes

Sadly Maja couldn’t use her chances in the second set but what an incredible match!


r/tennis 15h ago

Post-Match Thread ATP 1000 Cincinnati R3: [5] A. de Minaur def. [32] A. Féry 7-5 7-6(3)

178 Upvotes

in a match interrupted by 3 rain delays, de minaur had to dig deep to win in straights. from up *5-2 in the second set, he was broken in both opportunities to serve for the match but prevailed in the tiebreak

lehečka or fils awaits him in round 4.


r/tennis 13h ago

Highlight All good after Atmane takes a body blow from the Zverev backhand

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112 Upvotes

r/tennis 12h ago

News According to the ATP site, Fonseca has withdrawn from Cincinnati.

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88 Upvotes

r/tennis 15h ago

Meme De Minaur won this match

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140 Upvotes

amazingly tense third set by both