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An unforgettable year of tennis
It’s a great time to be a tennis fan in Italy
This 2024 has truly been an unforgettable year for Italian tennis. As a fan, I am still in disbelief at the results achieved by our players.
2023 had already ended really well, with the accomplishments of Jannik Sinner in the final part of the season, culminating in the conquest of the Davis Cup for Italy, which, although it is a team competition, was achieved largely thanks to him.
I knew that for 2024 there were the makings of a great season for him. Still, I never imagined that he would become so overwhelmingly the strongest player in the world, winning two Slams, three ATP Masters 1000, two ATP 500 and the ATP Finals (to which is added the victory at the 6 Kings Slam, which despite being an exhibition saw him dominate, in sequence, Medvedev, Djokovic and Alcaraz), finishing the year in the first position in the ranking with a margin of distance from the second in the ranking that gives him the certainty of still being up there at least until February, regardless of how the beginning of 2025 goes.
