Sinner won his eighth title in almost a year.
Sinner has won again! In the men's singles final of the Halle 500 tournament against Hurkacz, the new world No. 1 won through a double tie-break, not only won the 8th championship trophy in the last year, but also successfully achieved the 4th breakthrough in the last year, and if you calculate more accurately how many days (Sinner's) are in the last year, it should be 318 days!
Sinner's fantastic 318 days began on August 10, 2023, when he faced compatriot Berrettini in the second round of the Toronto Masters men's singles, and at the moment when he completed the 2-0 sweep against his compatriot, I am afraid that not many people would have thought that this day, this victory, would be the beginning of Sinner's "dream moment".
Sinner defeated De Minaur to win the men's singles Masters for the first time.
At that time, there was indeed a reason to "ignore" Sinner's good start, because the still young Italian player had never won the men's singles championship at the Masters before, and it must be admitted that even if Sinner swept De Minaur in the final and won the men's singles championship at the Masters for the first time, more people would not think that the Italian player would break through the bottleneck and start enjoying a wonderful career with hard work.
The period that followed did seem like Sinner was back to normal, whether it was the Cincinnati Masters or the US Open, Italian players did not deserve to be watched, but now everyone knows that this period seems to be the last dormant period for Italian players.
After beating Medvedev in the men's singles final of the China Open 500 for the first time in his career, and after beating Medvedev in the men's singles final of the Vienna 500 repeatedly, Sinner lost to Djokovic in the men's singles final of the ATP Finals, which turned out to be the only final Sinner lost in 312 days.
The Davis Cup victory for Italy not only gave Sinner a perfect finale to 2023, but also made Sinner look forward to the upcoming 2024 season – adding that more people are starting to believe that Sinner will have a bigger harvest in 2024.
Sinner became the first Grand Slam men's singles champion at this year's Australian Open.
At the 2024 Australian Open, Sinner, who is "belated" in the new season, eliminated Rublev and Djokovic one after another from the quarterfinals, and successfully met Medvedev and his former bitter master in the final. Of course, now everyone knows that this is a final that belongs to Sinner's eyebrows, and the "let two chase three" in the final makes Sinner's first Grand Slam men's singles championship even more legendary and thrilling.
Of course, the "historic" Australian Open title is not Sinner's only title so far in the 2024 season. The Rotterdam 500 men's singles final defeated De Minaur again, the Miami Masters men's singles final defeated Dimitrov, and then the Harley 500 defeated Hurkacz! Starting with the second round of the Toronto Masters men's singles sweep of Berrettini, Sinner won the Toronto Masters, China Open 500, Vienna 500, Australian Open, Rotterdam 500, Miami Masters, Halle 500 and other 7 tour men's singles titles in just 318 days, and the ATP year-end finals men's singles runner-up.
Sinner became world No. 1 for the first time.
In the dreamy 318 days of winning 8 titles and 1 runner-up, Sinner also achieved at least 4 major personal breakthroughs: his first Masters men's singles title, his first Grand Slam men's singles title, his first world No. 1 title, and his first grass court men's singles title! Any of these 4 breakthroughs is undoubtedly worth a long time for Sinner.
Can Sinner's dreamy moment continue?
Sinner, who has been the No. 1 man in men's tennis for the past 318 days, is of course aiming to win his first Wimbledon men's singles title! Whether he will be able to continue his dream journey at Wimbledon is of course a huge unknown, but one thing is for sure, if Sinner can win Wimbledon this year ahead of favourites such as Alcaraz, Djokovic and Dmitry Medvedev, it will not be a particularly surprising result.
Cause! Who says Sinner's dream trip has to be only 318 days?