“There was a great reaction”

The dream of a lifetime came true two Mondays ago, when, after the Roland Garros, Jannik Sinner he achieved the number one spot in the world. He is now in Halle, where his adventure starts today at 1.20pm against the Dutchman Tallon Griekspoorwhile on the road he could cross paths with both the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (in the quarterfinals) is the Russian Daniil Medvedev to the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, to the microphones of Tennis TVspoke about the joy of being at the top of the rankings: “It’s one thing to win a tournament, it’s one thing to be number 1 in the world – his words -. I am very happy to be in this position, many sacrifices have been made and a lot of work has gone into getting here.” And on the great joy he felt in Italy, the country of origin in which he was celebrated with all honours, he added that “there was a large ration by the Italiansit was nice to share this moment with all of them: I was happy to return to Rome even if for a short time, to see what the reaction would be.”

Then a thought about it Roger Federer, which dedicated a truly special message to the South Tyrolean. Even more so if you consider that the Swiss has always been the tennis player’s idol: “My idol has always been Roger Federer – confirmed Jannik –, so his message was really special. But all the number 1s with these messages were extraordinary, I would like to thank them one by one in person“. Despite the extraordinary result obtained after the French Open, Sinner wants to remain the humble man he has proven to be: “Me, my family, the people I love, my friends: we are always the same – he concluded – . It’s just an achievement, obviously everyone’s happy and I’m lucky to be able to share these things with them, but at the same time I am the same person I was a year or two ago. I love spending time with them and doing something different, go go-karting or playing cards.”