The Italian Jannik Sinner He is the first star of the Beijing ATP 500 tournament to arrive in the Chinese capital. He did not compete in the Davis Cup or the Laver Cup, the US Open champion will reappear on the circuit to defend his title on an Asian tour that will continue with the ATP Masters 1000 in Shanghai.
Share space in both contests at Carlos Alcaraz, that the performance in New York was inferior and chose to compete in the Davis Cup and the Laver Cup, the latter tournament in which he warned that “they will kill us”, in reference to the competition schedule, which he considered excessive.
The sinner was asked about this, who did not quite agree with the Spaniard. He assured that “the calendar is quite long, obviously, these years,” although he wanted to clarify that “players can still choose what to play and what not to play.”
He stressed this possibility: “We have some mandatory events, it’s true. But as a player you can still choose. This year we have a very busy calendar, many tournaments, but you don’t have to play a tournament if you. I don’t want to. If you want you can play
His private message in the sentence of Alcaraz, to his colleagues in general. His point of view: “Last year, and also this year, I didn’t play some tournaments because I wanted to train. We have options in this,” he said regarding lightening the commitment schedule.
“The season is long, so sometimes it’s not easy,” he concluded. Although for him the important thing is “the players can still choose. That’s what I think.”
Sinner is also out of the Olympic Games, although officially due to tonsillitis. This season he played 60 individual matches, with a record of 55-5 in twelve competitions. His greatest competitor of the generation, Alcaraz, has fewer fights: 52 (43-9), in the other two fights, 14. One of their blessed, common problems is that they are successful in tournaments and accumulation of battles.
Source: La Verdad
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