Adriano Panatta, the sentence on Jannik Sinner: “He probably made a mistake”

A painful lump sum, that of Jannik Sinner: the Italian champion, number 2 in the ATP ranking and chasing first place overall today Novak Djokovic, will not play in Rome, at the Italian Internationals. A step backwards due to hip problems which have already forced him to retire in Madrid, where he was competing in the Masters 1000 on clay.

Perhaps, Jannik asked too much of his body. In this 2024 which is currently simply stratospheric, in fact, he certainly didn’t spare himself, taking part in almost every possible tournament in his big-game hunt for world first place. And now his body has presented him with the bill: the goal is to return for the Roland Garroswhere in case of victory he could reach the top of the ATP rankings.

Nothing to reproach the champion from San Candido, his sporting “heat” is absolutely understandable. But also Adriano Panatta, the 1976 Davis Cup hero, admits that yes, perhaps Jannik exaggerated. “He probably made a mistake playing in Madridbut I understand the reasons that pushed him to participate in the tournament”, he said during an interview with Sport 24, the sports in-depth segment broadcast on Rai News 24.

Panatta, in recent days, had also given an interview to Oggi, in which he had once again spoken about the differences between him and Sinner, two opposite characters. “Sinner is very reserved but I was too, I suffered the covers with the girls.” Therefore, referring to the controversial episode that occurred at the Miami tournament, Panatta added: “He is certainly more controlled, less smoking: I Rune would send him to hell right away, like I did with Ilie Nastase. Jannik’s first quality, however, is intelligence; she is a sponge, he is always learning”. And again: “Now they ask me about him, they push me for a statement. I say: be careful not to trivialize, not to write anything of no interest just to talk about him”, concluded Panatta with his very personal warning.