The Italian Jannik Sinner In Turin, in front of his Italian fans, he received the trophy that identifies him as world number one for the 2024 season The Australian Open and US Open champion competes in the ATP Finals with the aim of adding an eighth title to his record of. the year.
He is the leader in trophies won, he is in dispute with the German Alexander Zverev first place in games won: 66 in total, one less, although its balance is higher: only six losses, sixteen for Germany.
He accumulated the Australian Open, Rotterdam, Miami, Hallen Cincinnati, US Open and Shanghai with his usual composure. Also his aforementioned mental strength, which was tested like never before.
Since he found out that in March he tested positive for two anti-doping tests he underwent at the Indian Wells tournament. He stayed the suspension through an express appeal heard by the Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA)who ruled in August that he was not guilty. He accepted that the clostebol contamination came from a massage by his former physiotherapist, who sprayed that substance on a wound on a finger.
However, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)who requested between one and two years of punishment without competing by appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the CAS of the Swiss city of Lausanne.
The sword of Damocles is still on the head of sinful, that didn’t stop him from continuing to be a solid No. 1 on the track. He has fans and detractors, inside and outside the locker room. “I know who my friends are,” he declared because of the treatment he felt when his case became public.
Should there be a final resolution before the Australian Open next January? Alex de Minaur in Turin. “Actually, I’m just a tennis player. I have no influence in making these types of situations. I’m sure that everything will happen when it has to happen,” he said.
Although he clearly takes his personal relationship with Sinner as a reference. “I can only tell Jannik what I know about him as a person. Even though he kicked me seven times,
He is a great person. We spent many moments together on the court. I have a lot of respect for him and his team,” De Minaur said.
He was just swallowed up on court, 6-3 and 6-4, in his ATP Finals debut by a Sinner where he had an 0-7 record. Even worse, 1-18 in sets.
Source: La Verdad
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