In his post-match information convention, Sinner was questioned about his modest response after ousting Djokovic – however the Italian merely doesn’t imagine he has something to have fun simply but.
“Clearly it means a lot to me to beat Novak right here in Melbourne. However in one other means, I do know that the match just isn’t over,” Sinner defined.
“Sunday is a closing. It is totally different feelings as a result of the ultimate is at all times totally different. It does not actually matter how large the match is.
“In my thoughts, at present I knew it was a semi-final. It isn’t that you simply win the match like this. So I am wanting ahead for Sunday, and let’s have a look at what’s coming.”
A primary-time Australian Open champion is assured this yr, with Sinner set to face two-time runner-up Daniil Medvedev after the Russian third seed got here again from two units all the way down to defeat Alexander Zverev.
Whereas Sinner misplaced his first six matches towards 2021 US Open champion Medvedev, he has since gained the final three – with every of these victories coming since October.
Whatever the end result of Sunday’s closing, Sinner hopes the victory over Djokovic will contribute to a rising perception among the many new technology of males’s gamers aiming to interchange the era-defining trio of Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
“What I feel we have now in frequent is we imagine in ourselves and this helps quite a bit as a result of in tennis, once you imagine, it is an enormous quantity already,” Sinner stated.
“I am actually relaxed, to be trustworthy. I simply attempt to work as onerous as doable and in my thoughts I really feel just like the onerous work at all times pays off in a method.
“We’re working actually onerous for our goals.”