World number 151 trains with Jannik Sinner in Dubai after missing out on ATP Next Gen Finals spot

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Jannik Sinner is currently stepping up his preparations for the 2025 season, with an Australian Open title defence set to be on his agenda.

WTA Tour number 48 Caroline Garcia has wished Sinner luck in 2025, with the latter having dominated the 2024 ATP Tour campaign.

Sinner ended the season as world number one, having one eight tour-level titles, including two Grand Slams.

One of which arrived at the 2024 Australian Open, where fourth seed Sinner came from two sets down to beat third seed Daniil Medvedev.

The Italian will now be the top seed for the upcoming Grand Slam, which gets underway in Melbourne in mid-January.

NextGen ATP Finals reserve Martin Landaluce trains with Jannik Sinner

He is now training in Dubai after winning the ATP Finals this time last month, having enjoyed a brief break in between.

And as per AS, Sinner has been joined in training by world number 151 Martin Landaluce, who is a reserve for the NextGen ATP Finals.

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The 20-and-under tournament, which involves the top eight players of the season in that category, will take place in Jeddah this week.

AS added that Spanish 18-year-old Landaluce also trained with world number 10 Grigor Dimitrov after travelling from Madrid to Dubai.

Rafael Nadal to watch future stars at NextGen ATP Finals

Rafael Nadal will attend the NextGen ATP Finals, in what is the Spaniard’s first trip to a tennis event since retiring last month.

He finished his fantastic career at the Davis Cup Finals, where Sinner starred to help Italy win back-to-back titles.

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The duo were both involved in exhibition action earlier this year, with Sinner outshining Nadal on his way to Six Kings Slam glory.

They were, however, kept apart at the star-studded competition, which also took place in Saudi Arabia as the nation continues to ramp up its attempts to promote tennis.

Landaluce meanwhile has already caught the attention of Nadal, with the former having followed in the footsteps of the latter by winning the ATP Challenger Tour 125 event in Olbia in October.