NITTO ATP FINALS

November 17, 2024

Jannik Sinner

Inalpi Arena,Torino

Press Conference

J. SINNER/T. Fritz

6-4, 6-4

THE MODERATOR: Do you think you played your best tennis of 2024 throughout the week in Turin?

JANNIK SINNER: Yeah, that's a good question.

THE MODERATOR: For once (smiling).

JANNIK SINNER: (Smiling).

Yeah, for sure it was a very high-quality week, starting from the beginning, trying to understand the pace of the court, which then increased a little bit, which is normal because it was a bit more consumed.

I just tried to play the best possible tennis I could in every single moment, which I've done here. The crowd helped me a lot. It was for sure one of the most special weeks I've had in a tennis court.

Yeah, I'm very happy to have this trophy.

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. What were your goals coming in for the year? Did you reach them? As you look back on this year, are you able to put it in some sort of perspective?

JANNIK SINNER: It's tough to say. I mean, my goal was to understand what I can achieve this year. There was no specific goal of winning a Grand Slam or being No. 1 or whatever.

It's going to be the same next year: whatever we can catch, we take, and the rest we learn. I think that was the mentality we approached this whole year, trying to raise my level in specific moments, which I've done throughout this year.

I'm very happy about that because it's a very nice way to finish off an incredible season. A lot of wins, a lot of titles. I'm talking in the tennis court. It was something what I was...

Yeah, I didn't put the goals and I cannot answer you what I achieved by putting the goals in the beginning of the year.

I'm very happy, that's for sure.

Q. What first do you want to achieve next season and is there anything, truly anything, that a man that loses only six times in the season wants to work on?

JANNIK SINNER: I actually believe there is still gap of improvement. I mean, today I served very, very good at times, which was not the case throughout the whole tournament. There are still certain shots and points what I can make sometimes better, but are small details. The higher you play level-wise, the more details make the difference.

I'm not looking about being the first whatever. It's just stats what's not written. Me, always try to improve as a player and trying to understand what I can do better.

This week was something where I always felt the ball very good. Even in practice sessions, it was very smooth-going. The connection with the crowd was very nice.

Let's see what's coming next year. The future, nobody can predict.

Q. A great line you just had: you're going to catch whatever you can get. As you look ahead to 2025, the first time you're going to be defending a major. How do you think you'll approach something like that?

JANNIK SINNER: I mean, in the same way as I did this year: I mean, keeping calm, having my connection with my team, taking it seriously but also relaxed, in both ways. You need to have a good balance. Then we see how it goes.

There are going to be many, many first times in our life. It doesn't matter if it's a Grand Slam or something else. You just have to be yourself as a player in this case and trying to understand if it works or not works.

This is then going to be a problem in Melbourne. I don't know how I am going to react, how I am going to play. For sure is that I'm going to prepare it in the best possible way. Like every tournament, we try to prepare it, and then we see.

I always say tennis is unpredictable. You never know what can happen. So it's going to be all good if mentally you're in a good place.