“It’s not like we know each other that well…”

The Editorial Staff Tuesday, July 2, 2024, 10:01 AM

A great start, then a few moments of confusion that cost him the third set and the closure in the fourth: Jannik Sinner started his race at Wimbledonbeating Yannick Hanfmann with the score of 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3 managing to gain access to the second round, where awaiting him will be Matthew Berrettiniwho has done his part by imposing himself for 7-6(3) 6-2 3-6 6-1 are Marton Fucsovics despite the back problem suffered in the third set. A derby that comes perhaps too soon, the one between the world number one and the Roman, Championships finalist in 2021. Jannik will have to raise the level against an opponent who knows the All England Club courts well: this is the concept expressed by the South Tyrolean in the press conference.

Sinner, the words after his debut

“Against Matteo it will be a tough match. He knows very well how to play on grass, here he was a finalistand as soon as he returned from injury he started winning matches again on this which I believe is his favourite surface. For me it will be a very important test to understand where I am at”. Sinner spoke like this after his success on his debut and two days before the Italian derby with Berrettini, an opponent he has played against only once, last year in Toronto. Jannik won in two sets: “Matteo and I know each other and we don’t know each other, we only played once. He serves very well, today I saw his match and I saw it well”. These are instead the feelings on the test with Hanfmann: “He served very well, I made a few too many mistakes. In the next round I will have to raise the level a bit. Having finished on a high today however gives me a good feeling. Being number 1 doesn’t change much: every match starts 0-0 and all the opponents want to beat me.“.

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