Jannik Sinner can smile: 50 weeks as world No. 1

Jannik Sinner played a fantastic tournament in Rome. After three months of a forced hiatus, he won the Internazionali d’Italia final where, at least for one set, he held his own against Carlos Alcaraz, who is currently decidedly more on the ball on clay than the blue.

Defeated in the final but not in the ATP ranking. Having reached the final act of the Internazionali d’Italia earned Jannik Sinner 650 points, thus surpassing the 10,000-point mark (10,380 to be precise). The Spanish rival chases at 8,850 points. Still more distant Alexander Zverev. The German lost 800 points in Rome and is now far behind the leading pair: 7,285 points, more than 3,000 points behind Jannik Sinner.

The Italian outfielder has thus reached 50 weeks in a row as world No. 1. As if that weren&#8217t enough, Jannik Sinner will not risk his throne at Roland Garros where Carlos Alcaraz has to defend as many as 2,000 points (winner last year) while the Italian “azzurro “only” 800.

At the end of Roland Garros, numbers in hand, the South Tyrolean will reach 53 weeks as No. 1, surpassing Nole Djokovic among tennis players with the longest reign in their first time on top of the ATP rankings. L’azure will become the fourth all-time. Ahead of him only Roger Federer (237 weeks), Jimmy Connors (160 weeks) and Leyton Lewitt (75 weeks).