{"id":246333,"date":"2025-10-28T20:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/246333\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:12:10","slug":"jannik-sinner-has-found-a-new-way-to-win-tennis-matches-and-it-became-clear-against-alexander-zverev","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/246333\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner has found a new way to win tennis matches and it became clear against Alexander Zverev"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMXlnMTNoeXE4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Jannik Sinner is very much a man on a mission, and he\u2019s now won two tournaments since losing the US Open final to Carlos Alcaraz back in September. <\/p>\n<p>Sinner overcame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/learner-tien\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Learner Tien<\/a> to win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/china-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">China Open<\/a> earlier this month, and now he\u2019s back in the winner\u2019s circle after beating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/alexander-zverev\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Zverev<\/a> in the final of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/vienna-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vienna Open<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/jannik-sinner-delivers-instant-reaction-after-beating-alexander-zverev-in-the-vienna-open-final\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sinner praised Zverev<\/a> after yesterday\u2019s win in Vienna and it would appear that he\u2019s gearing up nicely for the Paris Masters and the ATP Finals. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/jannik-sinner-issues-short-response-to-criticism-of-his-decision-to-skip-the-davis-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sinner has been criticised for not playing in the Davis Cup<\/a> finals, with the Italian choosing to rest after the ATP Finals ahead of the Australian Open. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2243444011-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jannik Sinner of Italy reacts against Alexander Zverev of Germany in their Singles final match during day nine of the Erste Bank Open 2025 at Wiener Stadthalle.\" class=\"wp-image-139334\" \/>Photo by Christian Bruna\/Getty ImagesJannik Sinner showcases new ways to win tennis matches against Zverev<\/p>\n<p>After his defeat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/carlos-alcaraz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/us-open\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US Open<\/a>, Sinner had to do some soul-searching, with the Spaniard blowing him away to leave him with way more questions than answers. <\/p>\n<p>Alcaraz mixed things up and served brilliantly in that final as he claimed a sixth Grand Slam crown at Flushing Meadows to cap a fine year in the majors. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/tim-henman-claims-carlos-alcaraz-did-something-in-the-us-open-final-which-hes-never-seen-before\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Henman raved about Alcaraz<\/a> in that final back in September and the emphatic nature of the victory meant that it was back to the drawing board for the Italian player who lost his number one spot. <\/p>\n<p>Sinner\u2019s work with his team since that final was evident against Zverev yesterday, with the drop shot being utilised a lot more frequently than it has been during the rest of the year. <\/p>\n<p>One former ATP player believes that the things he\u2019s worked on could now give him the very best chance of winning more of the closer matches against Alcaraz in the future. <\/p>\n<p>What Jan-Michael Gambill has said about Jannik Sinner<\/p>\n<p>Gambill won three titles during his career, reaching a career high of number 14 in the world rankings. <\/p>\n<p>He was watching yesterday\u2019s final for the Tennis Channel, and he was somewhat surprised by just how many times Sinner used the drop shot, not only in the final but spread across the whole tournament. <\/p>\n<p>He said live on air: \u201cHe is just so tough on a faster court. This court was a little bit slower than Basel was playing. Obviously, he can hit through this little bit slower court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis serve was great. He said it was a bit of a rollercoaster third set. I\u2019m not sure it was as much of a rollercoaster as he thought. He did not face a break point in the third set. It was lights-out tennis on his own serve there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I liked about what he tried in this tournament was a lot more drop shots in his matches. He was throwing some variety across the net. I think he is thinking of things that he might utilise against Alcaraz down the road, in some of those matches where it\u2019s so close, trying something different might help him down the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given that Sinner now appears to have a very useful drop shot in his arsenal of tricks, it will be fascinating to see how it stands up to Alcaraz, who is also a master of such a shot. <\/p>\n<p>Whether the two get to meet again in Paris remains to be seen, but it\u2019s fair to say both players will be in the mix for the title, with neither emerging victorious from this event previously. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Jannik Sinner is very much a man on a mission, and he\u2019s now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[6733,49,48,615,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-246333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-jannik-sinner","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}