Jannik Sinner It was confirmed as the best tennis player last week, with his first position in the world ranking After defeating Carlos Alcaraz in the grand final of Wimbledon. But many years ago, everyone taught that Italians shone in a modality of sports that had nothing to do with sports sports.
The Tennis Player was born in 2001 in San Candido, in the middle of Dolomitas, a perfect scenario to form for many years his great desire: Alpine skiing. And even his family situation was the most fun -to spend the day in the snow: he grew up in a ski shelter, because his parents were working there as a chef and waitress.
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During his childhood, Sinner competed at the highest levels in Alpine skiing, even won the U-8 Italian National Championship and became part of the most prestigious clubs and Italian training centers. But everything changed at the age of 13, when he made a decision that surprised everyone (but that time ended up giving as good as good).
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Looking for more self -control and its scope of the final result, Sinner hung the skis and began to devote himself to tennis. “I liked skiing, but I didn’t feel like I could express myself like in a tennis court. In skiing there were many external factors: snow, weather, track. I want a sport where the result depends only on me.”
Despite the beginning of his path to the elite tennis, his development was a meteoric and 16 years of professional. A few years later, the titles and the Grand Slams begin, hitting a huge extent due to that baggage in the snow.
Another factors that pushed the Sinner to give the sport a change was that tennis had a more margin of mistake. “The reason I choose tennis is that you can make mistakes. You can lose points, but you can still win the game.” In skiing, if you make a mistake, a big mistake, you can’t win, “Sinner told Vogue in 2024.
Source: La Verdad
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