Jannik Sinner's Remarkable 2024: A Record-Breaking Journey to the Monte Carlo Semifinals

The fantastic year 2024 of Jannik Sinner continues, as on Friday he secured his spot in the semifinals of the ATP Monte Carlo, defeating Rune in three sets. This victory is yet another confirmation of the high level reached by the Italian tennis player, currently ranked No. 2 in the world, who with today's success in the Principality's tournament has set a record, matching that of 6 tennis legends. Sinner-Tsitsipas, schedule and where to watch the ATP Monte Carlo semifinal. The record of Sinner: The match against Rune is Sinner's 25th victory out of 26 matches this season. A milestone that allowed him to match 6 tennis legends who before him managed to win 25 of their first 26 seasonal matches: Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe, Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic. Jannik has managed to enter this special ranking, significantly boosting his status. Even champions like Rafa Nadal had not achieved this milestone. And naturally, Sinner is the first Italian to do so. Recently, the South Tyrolean had also reached another historic milestone, becoming the first Italian tennis player to become No. 2 in the ATP ranking. Now another record, that of consecutive victories, which could become 26 in case of a win in the semifinal in Monte Carlo against Tsitsipas.