None of the Wimbledon 2024 favorites want to see the Italian in the early rounds in their draw Matteo Berrettini. A situation with no packaging of what happened Rafael Nadal at the last Roland Garros, but similar in terms of impact that made him fall into the path of one of the greats.
The hype wants him to be the first Italian to reach world number one, Jannik Sinner, who has to face the 2021 finalist and a real specialist on grass: 42 wins and 11 losses, four titles, recent ATP finalist in Stuttgart. A former top-10 player hampered by injuries, dropped to a current 59th spot.
A challenge for Sinner, a semi-finalist last year, as a player like him, who has aspirations of adding another Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, prefers to go from less to more of a two week event. He didn’t want such an intense and complicated early conflict.
The sinner approaches it as if it were final, knowing that there are difficulties. He didn’t even make a mistake. Both brought the 15,000 spectators to center court several times. Amazing meeting that took place ‘in extremis’ Jannik Sinnerneither 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), 2-6 and 7-6 (4) in 3h.42′.
If he doesn’t close out in the fourth set, he’s in big trouble. Because of the uncertainty of the fifth round, yes, but also because of the future that it should be held. The Wimbledon schedule rule cannot be broken. At 11 pm, by neighborhood agreement, the game ends. At 22:32 the meeting ended. There would be no time for the fifth set.
The villain breathed a sigh of relief as he scored the final point, leaving the dreaded Berrettini, who hit 28 aces, who saved a match ball with 6-5 and 30-40 Sinner, who fought as long as he could. If the physicist answers him, his job is the Spanish coach Francis Roig, who has been part of Rafa Nadal’s team for a long time, is paying. Roman is ready to win at least 90% of the team. Few can handle this version of Roman at Wimbledon. Among them, surely Sinner.
The path that leads to the semifinal with Carlos Alcaraz will continue for Sinner with the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic in the third round. Sinner has shown in important moments that his current winning dynamic makes the difference against rivals like Berrettini, strong but still needs regular accumulation of experiences like this to gain overconfidence in certain that score.
Source: La Verdad
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