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Yet the stories written between now and the final ball being struck in the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga in mid-November could have a huge impact on what comes next.
This time last year, Jannik Sinner was still being viewed as a player with big potential, before he won a run of matches on indoor hard courts and ended his year with a victory against Novak Djokovic as he fired Italy to Davis Cup glory.
Those results were the starting gun on his stunning breakthrough at the Australian Open, his rise to world No 1 and his US Open triumph earlier this month.
So while it may seem like we have already witnessed the main narrative of the tennis year, the next couple of months should be viewed as a scene setting for what is to come.
Here are Tennis365’s four stories to look out for in what is left of this season.
