Jannik Sinner is a heavy favorite to complete the career Grand Slam at Roland Garros.
But how heavy a favorite is the world No. 1?
According to Sportico, the Italian is the heaviest men’s favorite at any Major since Rafael Nadal in 2009.
Sinner is at -275 to win the French Open. Nadal, who finished his career with 14 Roland Garros titles, was at -400 in 2009.
“He’s going for his Golden Slam as well here if I’m not mistaken,” 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic said Saturday. “He’s maybe in the form of his life, and without Carlos [Alcaraz] being here also increases his chances even more of claiming more Grand Slam titles.
“So we’re all here to try to win against him and prevent him from taking more titles.”
Sinner plays his first match Monday against Clement Tabur of France.
The Italian is coming off winning the Italian Open on May 17. He has won 29 straight matches and has joined Djokovic as the only men to win all nine ATP Masters 1000 titles.
“He sort of looks unplayable and unbeatable these days,” Casper Ruud said of Sinner ahead of the Rome final. “But you have to just try to think, he is human, too…When you keep winning and winning , you will get closer to that first loss in a while. You just hope, whenever I show up, that will be the day. But I guess I just have to think that raising your level one level is not going to be enough against this guy, you have to raise it two, three or four times and then see if you can hang with him from there. If I want to have a chance to beat him, I will have to play my best match of the year, and let’s try to do that.”
