For the second time in his career, Mattia Bellucci he managed to conquer access to the main draw of a Slam. After achieving this goal in the Last year’s Australian Openborn in Lombardy in 2001 landed in the main draw of Roland Garros 2024. A difficult path in the qualifiers, in which the local left-hander showed his qualities.
Speaking at the microphones of SuperTenniss, Bellucci has made statements that may cause discussion on behalf of Jannik Sinner. Mattia knows Jannik very well, having him faced in the U11 and U13 championships and also soundly beaten. We also know how the progress of their careers has been very different now.
The local tennis player mentioned the 2014 match: “I still remember that match well, he is obsessed with the fact that he didn’t want to lose but I was also obsessed with the match. At that time Jannik was a nail, not at all structured: taller than me, but skinny. Even then you saw certain characteristics, even then he had a good hand. At that time, however, I definitely annoyed him with my game“.
And then an opinion that can cause discussion: “Jannik’s greatness comes from work. He is not an alien as Bublik said in 2021. Getting to where he has arrived is possible, others can do it too and I could do it too. However, he has the huge advantage that he started doing it very early and now he is a points machine“.
