AGI – Jannik Sinnernumber 1 in world tennis, will play at the 2024 Paris Olympics also the doubles tournament and he will do it together with Lorenzo Musetti. Coni communicated this. For the Games, 10 Italian players have been called up. Sara Errani in the women’s doubles and Simone Bolelli in the men’s doubles have been added to the list already released yesterday. Bolelli will return to live the Olympic dream as Andrea Vavassori’s partner who qualified thanks to tenth place in the ranking. Errani, however, returns to the Games by virtue of the ranking with Jasmine Paolini. In addition to Sinner-Musetti, the women’s doubles will be formed by Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Lucia Bronzetti. The Italy of tennis will therefore have four Italians in the men’s singles draw (Sinner, Musetti, Matteo Arnaldi, Luciano Darderi), three Italians in the women’s singles (Paolini, Cocciaretto, Bronzetti), two pairs in the men’s doubles and two pairs in the women’s doubles.
And speaking of Paris, the book “Games of Peace. The soul of the Olympics and Paralympics” has been released in bookstores (Libreria Editrice Vaticana) of which ‘Repubblica’ has published an excerpt. The spotlight, needless to say, is always on the South Tyrolean: “Having won the Davis Cup with and for Italy, I am very motivated to add a medal for my country at the Olympics”.
“An appointment that I look forward to the Olympic Games in my career, the greatest of sporting events – explained the world number one -, the best athletes in the world meet to compete for glory. It’s the Mount Olympus of parties to win the most important prize in sport. Having never participated in the Olympics, I view this experience as an honor, a privilege. Looking to the future – added the Italian champion – I am full of excitement and anticipation for the challenges and opportunities that await me. Regardless of what the future holds for me, one fact is certain: my goal always remains the same and that is to improve as a player and as a person. Trying to focus on the one percent every day and improve every time I can, both on and off the field. I know that my family will always be there to support me and remind me of the values that are guiding me on my path.”
Meanwhile, the “Terra Wortmann Open” kicks off on Monday 17 June. The Halle tournament – an ATP 500 won last year by the Kazakh Alexander Bublik – will mark Sinner’s return to the field in what will be his first official outing as world number 1. The Italian, who last year ended his run in the quarter-finals, blocked by a thigh injury against Bublik, arrived in Germany welcomed by the tournament director Ralf Weber and by a welcome cake for what will therefore be his second appearance in the tournament, the first as the number 1 seed in the draw.
“Of course he wants to fight me for the title, but the competition here will be very high,” said Sinner, winner of 13 career titles but still lacking success on grass. The South Tyrolean will arrive in Halle with a seasonal record of 33 wins and 3 defeats and if he manages to win the title, in addition to becoming the first Italian player capable of winning in the history of the tournament, he would also become the first world number 1 to succeeding after Roger Federer, who triumphed on German grass on ten occasions.
From Sinner to Matteo Berrettini who qualified for the semi-finals of the “Boss Open”, the ATP 250 tournament staged on the grass courts of Stuttgart. The 28-year-old Roman, number 95 ATP, competing with the protected ranking and winner of the 2019 and 2022 editions, beat the Australian James 6-4 7-5 in just under an hour and a half of the match Duckworth, number 101 in the ranking, promoted from the qualifiers, who surprisingly eliminated the American Ben Shelton, number 14 ATP and second seeding favorite, in the round of 16. Saturday 15 June Berrettini he will face Musetti in the semi-finalnumber 30 in the ranking and 5 in the seeding, who won due to the withdrawal of Bublik, third seed, when he was leading 1-0 in the third set, after losing the first 4-6 and winning the second 6-1 .
