Paolo Cané: «At tennis school I see embarrassing parents, at every point their children look at them»

Paolo Cané. Impossible to forget it. The great Gianni Clerici gave him the nickname Neuro. There is little to add. Good player, if we remember correctly he arrived near the top twenty in the world. At Wimbledon he was two points away from a match against Ivan Lendl who was in his best years. At the time, Italian tennis wasn’t winning but it was accomplishing or coming close to achieving a great feat. He in Davis, in Cagliari defeated Mats Wilander. He had a great match, losing, also to Muster in Austria. Other times. In his commentary, Galeazzi spoke of a turbo reverse.

Today Paolo Cané, tennis commentator for Eurosport, is interviewed by Fanpage.it. And he also talks about what he sees at a youth level.

«Youth tennis in Italy? I see some tournaments around and they make me tender, but I also see embarrassing parents. When I see the child’s gaze seeking that of his parents at every point, that if you do well you are world champion and if you lose you are a disaster, you create an incredible trauma for him. Parents can’t know. I lose many people, even in my school, because of this. But why do I have to give this stress to kids who drank their mother’s milk up until three years ago. I see this with my son who plays well once or twice a week. The crazy thing is that he trains well, but then when he comes home he watches the Smurfs for me. There’s also a time for that, at that age.”

He talks about his bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics, when tennis was a demonstration sport at the time.

Paolo Cané: «My record is unique and Sinner will never be able to beat it. I won the Olympic medal at 19 years old. It is a record that has lasted for 40 years. And now I’m going to comment on the Olympics for Rai. In my time it was fantastic, I was a kid with Panatta as captain, Carl Lewis, the USA dream team, all the sprinters, crazy records. I also played in the 1988 Olympics, lost in the quarterfinals. But as an experience, parading around Italy and other things, it’s exceptional. My result, even if demonstrative, no one can take away from me. And I take strength from this.”

He also talks about Nardi.

«Nardi is good, because he wins and there is the famous train that passes. Nardi is another reality that needs time. I see a lot of Fognini in his game: talented, very fast, quick with his feet, very good with his backhand, with diagonals and then he’s good on the pitch. At Indian Wells for example, when he beat Djokovic, he made good use of the lucky loser of the qualifiers, but in these cases in the end it’s only a matter of time. Behind it there is a lot of work and great sacrifices, in addition to the fact that you have to know how to play tennis. You’re not going anywhere, you need your head, but the sacrifice makes you hold on to hammer on a daily basis and work hard. It is important in decisive moments. You see Sinner and the others are cold, cynical, careful. The body then… you have to run. An Einstein who doesn’t run does little.”

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