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The Year of the Sinner

On the awkwardness of Jannik Sinner's incredibly excellent 2024, and saying the quiet part out loud.

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Ben Rothenberg
Nov 18, 2024
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With his 6-4, 6-4 win over Taylor Fritz in the final of the ATP Finals today in Turin, top-ranked Jannik Sinner capped a generationally great effort: his 2024 season was far the most successful season in men’s tennis achieved by anyone born after the Big Three—or, put another way, born after Ronald Reagan told Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall” …

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