Jannik Sinner equaled Marat Safin and sees Boris Becker

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Jannik Sinner in the atoria

Jannik Sinner reached another prestigious milestone today. The South Tyrolean, who reached the top of the ranking for the first time since Roland Garros, now è tied with Marat Safin at #21° in history for the number of weeks spent at #1, nine.

Not only that: Boris Becker (12), Andy Roddick (13) and Daniil Medvedev (16) are now very close, with the Australian Open winner seeming to have already put the arrow in this direction. Decisive will be the upcoming tournaments (starting with Montreal this week) on American cement

Far away, of course, are the all-time leaders of this very special ranking, namely fresh golden slam winner Novak Djokovic (328), as well as two absolute legends like Roger Federer (310) and Pete Sampras (286).

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