Sinner clinched a set in every of 79 encounters in 2024. The last player who ousted world no. 1 in straight sets was Novak Djokovic in the 2023 ATP Finals title clash. Jannik clinched his first Masters 1000 crown in Canada a year ago and fell to Dusan Lajovic a week later in Cincinnati.

Jannik Sinner is facing a potential ban from tennis after testing positive for a banned substance, but the Italian will be cleared to compete at the Australian Open in January

Jannik Sinner may be suspended for the French Open and Wimbledon next year, even if he is banned from tennis for a shorter period than has been proposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Sinner tested positive for the anabolic steroid clostebol in March but an independent tribunal accepted his explanation that the banned substance entered his body as a result of a massage from his physio,