Massimiliano Ambesi, journalist and analyst Eurosportoffered some interesting insights during the latest episode of TennisManiabroadcast on the channel OA Sport Youtube and conducted by Dario Puppo (Eurosport journalist). The 2024 edition of Roland Garros is the center of attention, which is increasingly coming to life.
PERFORMANCE RATING JANNIK SINNER VS CORENTIN MOUTET
“In my opinion the match was not prepared as well as in all other circumstances. Partly because Sinner had never met this player and came onto the pitch contracted. In the first set Moutet expressed himself excellently, taking countless lines, while Sinner didn’t reach the net when he had to. He was left at the mercy of his opponent in the first set, but already at the end there was a minimal reaction and after the counter-break at the beginning of the second set there was no more match. He conceded five games and was in full control. If he plays it again, the game has no fuss from the start“.
EVALUATION OF THE ITALIAN TENNIS MOVEMENT
“I often read that there is nothing behind Sinner. It’s wrong, this is the strongest generation ever from a numerical and qualitative point of view, also considering their young age. Jannik is out of category, holds all the Italian records and is not yet 23 years old. I think we will arrive in Paris next year with five seeds. Arnaldi, Cobolli, Musetti have shown that they fight on equal terms with the big names here. A brood of young people who are growing up, it will certainly be very difficult to do like Sinner, but anything can happen in a career. In this speech I want to make a differentiation: in Arnaldi, Cobolli and Darderi there have been substantial improvements in some aspects of the game, perhaps Musetti has not had the same growth now as now“.
QUALITY QUARTER-FINALS
“It promises to be a quality quarter-final and Sinner will face Dimitrov who has gone this far for the first time in this tournament. We’ll see what Alcaraz will do against Tsitsipas, after having struggled a bit like Sinner against a lower caliber tennis player like De Jong“.
