Djokovic sends heartwarming message to Sinner after Italian breaks his record: 'Impressionante'

Jannik Sinner created new tennis history on Sunday as he completed a 'Career Golden Masters' by winning the Italian Open title. World No 1 Sinner defeated Casper Ruud in the final at the Foro Italico to become only the second man after Novak Djokovic to win all nine ATP Masters 1000 events in series history.

Notably, Djokovic achieved the feat twice during his career. But Sinner is the youngest to complete the Career Golden Masters at 24, which Djokovic first reached at 31.

Djokovic sends heartwarming message to Sinner 

As Sinner broke his record, Djokovic welcomed the Italian to the exclusive club with a heartwarming Instagram story.

“Congratulazioni, Jannik! Impressionante (Congratulations, Jannik! Impressive). Welcome to the exclusive club, Jannik,” Djokovic wrote on Instagram.

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Sinner, who won 6-4, 6-4 vs Ruud in the Italian Open final, reflected on the achievement in the post-match press conference.

“There was definitely a lot of tension, a lot of tough moments I had to go through, especially mentally. Not starting the match in a perfect way, but tried to stay as calm as possible mentally," Sinner said.

“Yes, I’m very happy about this achievement. I know what I played for today, so I’m really happy.”

Italian Sinner was especially delighted that he achieved history in Rome.

“Yeah, there’s no better place to complete this set. It has been a very, very interesting tournament already back in the years. 2019, making my debut here on this court. I always felt a lot of, like in a different way, a very positive but different way, a lot of attention, a lot of emotions going through. It means a lot.

“I believe for an Italian, it’s one of the most special places we play tennis in. To win at least once in my career means a lot to me.”