Jannik Sinner’s landmark victory at Beijing Open inspires daunting 2024 predictions from Serena Williams’ childhood coach who beat Opponents Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev

In an incredible match against Daniil Medvedev in the China Open final, Yannik Sinner showed himself to be a warrior. Sinner defeated Spanish bull Carlos Alcaraz to clash with his rival Medvedev. The Italian rose from a big deficit to defeat two former world No. 1 players in straight sets, taking them to a tiebreak in his favor in the first set. The Beijing title secured Sinner’s career-high ranking. When the latest rankings go live on the ATP website, he will become the second and only Italian in the current top five on the ATP Tour.

Sinner’s unprecedented victories and stellar form also fascinated Serena Williams’ childhood coach. So much so that he made a huge prediction about the Italian’s next season, which poses a threat to the ATP Tour.

Serena Williams’ childhood coach predicts greater glory for Italian

The current world number seven has had a good season, including at the Grand Slams. His best performance came at Wimbledon, where he lost to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Sinner won his first ATP Masters 1000 title at the Canadian Open. However, the Italian champion was unable to break through in any event after playing on grass until arriving in Beijing.

But Sinner finally showed his best form by defeating Grigor Dimitrov and Alkaraz at the China Open. Looking at the 22-year-old player’s performance at the highest level, Serena’s former coach Rick March analyzed that the Italian is currently in his strongest state, which helps him destroy his opponents. Macci posted on X (formerly Twitter), “@janiksin “Both wings have massive explosive firepower.”

The Hall of Fame coach declared that with his current form, nothing can prevent Sinner from winning his first major title next season. March continued, “…The most important thing is that he will remain aggressive in 2024 by being ready to break into the Grand Slams.” The young ATP champion defeated three of the best players at the moment to capture his second career ATP 1000 title.

The Italians are in the best form of their careers, coming off huge wins against two defending champions, Alcaraz and Medvedev. A victory over the Russian at the China Open fueled Coco Gauff’s energy heading into the Cincinnati Masters as their dominant form was very similar.

Jannik Sinner’s China Open win brings back memories of Coco Gauff

In the semifinals of the Cincinnati Masters, Gauff faced the then world No. 1 Iga Swiatek. The Americans and Poles had met seven times before meeting for the eighth time in Ohio. Before the Ohio State game, Goff couldn’t even win a game against Swiatek. The American has faced off against the former world No. 2 since 2021, but it took two years of hard work to secure victory. Sinner also won his third championship of the season and ninth of his career.

The soon-to-be Top Five champion Medvedev had met six times before the China Open. The Russian has won every match since the first match of 2020. Therefore, the Italian also waited a long time to win his first victory against the 2023 US Open runner-up. Gauff won her first Grand Slam when she defeated the Pole for the first time. The Australian Open is just around the corner and Sinner scored his first victory against Medvedev. Can he win the next Grand Slam match? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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