Sinner could meet Djokovic for the first time
if he gets past Spain's Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the opening
round of this week's Monte Carlo Masters.
"I have seen his development, his trajectory, his road to where
he is at the moment," said the Serbian, who has a opening round
bye at the ATP Masters event on clay.
"It's really impressive. He's a very, very nice person. He's
working really hard. He's devoted. He's got all the goods that
he needs in order to become a champion.
"He's surrounded with very good people from tennis coach,
fitness coach, physio. I know all these people from a long time
... He's in good hands."
Sinner reached his maiden major quarter-final at the 2020 French
Open and in February became the youngest man since Djokovic in
2006 to win two ATP titles.
Djokovic, the winner of 18 Grand Slam titles, said Sinner had
already shown a high level of consistency.
"There is a lot of the achievements that I'm sure he wants to
achieve in his career as he's pointing out. He's very
ambitious," the 33-year-old said.
"It seems like he's not satisfied with what he has achieved so
far. He wants to do more, which is great to see there's the
hunger in him."
Djokovic has not played since his record-extending ninth
Australian Open title in Melbourne in February but does not feel
undercooked for the start of his claycourt swing.
"I feel physically prepared. Mentally I missed tennis last
couple months that I haven't been competing," he said.
(Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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