Jannik Sinner highlights building blocks behind record M1000 streak: ‘I like the journey’ | ATP Tour

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Sinner highlights constructing blocks behind report M1000 streak: ‘I just like the journey’

World No. 1 defeated Zverev in Madrid for fifth consecutive Masters 1000 crown

Might 03, 2026

Jannik Sinner went the place no ATP Tour star has gone earlier than on Sunday afternoon on the Mutua Madrid Open.

By defeating Alexander Zverev to assert the trophy on the clay-court occasion within the Spanish capital, Sinner registered his fifth consecutive ATP Masters 1000 title, a tally that not even the ‘Huge Three’ of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic can match. But Sinner, who has adopted his Paris title run final November by claiming titles in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte-Carlo and Madrid this yr, was fast to dispel any direct comparisons along with his newest achievement.

“As I all the time mentioned, I can’t examine myself with Rafa, Roger, Novak,” mentioned the 24-year-old at his post-match press convention in Madrid. “What they did, it is one thing unimaginable. I do not play for these data, or I do not play for data normally. I play for myself. I play for my workforce, as a result of they know what’s behind. Additionally my household, as a result of with the success I’ve had, additionally they by no means modified how they’re in the direction of me… It means, after all, quite a bit, nice numbers. However there may be plenty of self-discipline, plenty of sacrifice behind this.

“There’s additionally every day routines that I put in. I am the primary one that must be prepared within the morning to get up. I just like the journey. I wish to put myself in the very best place to be the perfect model of myself. I do not play for different data. As I mentioned, what the opposite gamers did prior to now, and Novak’s nonetheless doing, it is one thing unimaginable. I can’t examine myself with them.”

Sinner, who eased previous Zverev 6-1, 6-2 within the Madrid remaining, has dropped simply two units throughout the 27 matches in his present Masters 1000 profitable streak. The No. 1 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings didn’t need to title a ‘most tough’ match throughout his run, which has come throughout indoor exhausting courts, out of doors exhausting courts and clay.

“Speaking about robust matches, each match is hard,” Sinner mentioned. “There may be not one which’s simple. Additionally right now, if I dropped slightly little bit of focus, break again within the second, and, you recognize, the whole lot begins over once more.

“So it is robust to say, completely different circumstances on a regular basis. Paris is indoor. Then you definitely go to Indian Wells, very bouncy. Miami could be very flat. Then you definitely go change floor, you go to Monaco, it’s kind of slower. Then you definitely go right here, it’s extremely excessive altitude, and in case you serve properly it is quite a bit to do. But it surely’s robust to say, and I do not need to decide couple of matches.”

Sinner could seem near-unstoppable on this second, however that isn’t prone to deter the 28-time tour-level champion from in search of even additional enchancment in his sport. In a sport wherein time hardly ever stands nonetheless, he was eager to focus on the emergence of recent skills finally aiming to problem him on the prime of the sport.

“There are nice gamers, gamers we all know, [and also players] who look like they’re coming, and they’re truly there already. You by no means know. Somebody like [Rafael] Jodar, six months in the past, no person noticed, and he is now right here across the names. Possibly this may occur in a few months, there’s a new participant coming. [Alexander] Blockx made semis right here, and earlier than he was slightly bit undercover.

“It’s extremely robust to say. I believe nice potential gamers, each certainly one of them. It’s essential be prepared. It’s essential inform your self. With each title that is going to come back, it’s good to be very a lot knowledgeable. After all, my job is all the time to enhance as a participant, as a result of on the finish of the day the outcomes are solely a consequence of how a lot work you place in. We’re positively working very properly, however we have to maintain going as a result of in case you drop slightly bit, individuals are going to catch very quick. So I am very glad to maintain working.”