MADRID (Spain) – The beginning of Madrid it was not to be remembered for Jannik Sinner, awaited by the derby against Sonego at the debut of the tournament on Spanish clay. The training session with Jordan Thompson it was conditioned by a couple of unfortunate episodes. Question of spins given to the ball. The Italian tennis player, in fact, was hit on two occasions and risked getting seriously hurt.
Sinner, hit in the face in Madrid
The first shot came during serve training. After Sinner’s serve, Thompson returned long with the ball that would have ended up wide, Jannik, however, remained still on his legs and was therefore hit by the ball at the height of his back. The second episode happened while Sinner was responding to his colleague’s joke. The ball hit the frame of the racket and then splashed onto the face of the blue tennis player, who brought his hand to his mouth due to the violent and unexpected blow. Thompson apologized. Meanwhile, images of the unfortunate training have gone viral on social media.
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