He may have already won two ATP titles this season in Auckland and Delray Beach respectively, but Jack Sock has goals that include necessitating even stronger performances over the course of the season.
The twenty-four year-old American wants to enter the Top 10 of the Emirates ATP rankings.
That’s the goal,” I’m entering tournaments every week trying to win. I feel, tennis-wise, [that] I’m physically and mentally ready to make that jump. I think my tennis is kind of speaking for myself so far this year. It’s a weird way to win a title today, but [I have] two on the year, and my only loss this year is to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Australian Open. If I keep going, why not?”.
With two titles so early in the season, Sock appears to have put the building blocks in place to enjoy what is already his best year on the tour, having reached No.18 in the rankings for the first time and winning two of his three career titles in just the first couple of months in 2017.
Sock is 11-1 on the year, and his two titles can only be matched by Grigor Dimitrov. The United States have not had a consistent representative in the Top 10 since the days of Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish, with John Isner having had a relatively brief spell in that higher echelon of men’s tennis.
