Take stock of the situation. Guido Monaco (Eurosport technical commentator) spoke in the last episode of TennisMania, broadcast on the OA Sport Youtube channel and conducted by Dario Puppo. An analysis that concerned, first and foremost, the Rome tournament and what emerged from the red clay of the Foro Italico.
Italian internationals who smiled at the German Alexander Zverevvictorious 6-4 7-5 against the Chilean Nicolas Jarry. For this, Zverev took himself to the n.4 in the world: “He is the number one favorite ahead of Roland Garros, in my opinion. He has the right age, physicality and stability. The French Slam comes at an opportune time for him“, Monaco said.
“In the next seven Slams, pending a stabilization of Alcaraz and Sinner, I believe that the strongest players born in the 90s have a great chance to turn their careers around. I am referring specifically to Zverev, Tsitsipas and Medvedev. The Teutonic, however, at this stage seems to me to be a cut above the Greek, the Russian and the Norwegian Ruud, citing others“, the technical voice of Eurosport specified.
Speaking of Italians, the analysis is as follows: “At the moment I see many excellent players, such as Musetti, Arnaldi, Darderi, Nardi and if he is well even Berrettini himself, not forgetting how good Napolitano and Passaro have done. However, right now, I don’t see the top-20 tip. This aspect needs to be evaluated and I hope I’m wrong. Obviously, this is a discussion that goes beyond Sinner. He has started training again, I think he will try and let’s see what can happen. For him, in the event, his consistency will have to be verified in Paris from the first rounds“.
Monaco then evaluated the success at the Foro Italico of the Italian women’s doubles, formed by Sara Errani and Jasmine: “I didn’t think they could win and instead I have to say that on the clay they demonstrated qualities that could also be worthy of a medal in the Paris Olympics. However, having seen the matches live, I noticed quite a difference in quality between the women’s and men’s doubles. In other words, what Granollers/Zeballos showed was another sport in Rome“.
In conclusion, on Novak Djokovic who will take part in the Geneva tournament before Roland Garros: “He’s trying to find himself, it happens even to the strongest. The fact that we changed staff wasn’t the brightest of ideas in my opinion. I see the decline, or rather the beginning of the decline, but then if he wins Roland Garros… However, I notice several signs of no return which are natural and normal“.
