The lawn tennis season continues. This week they hold sway the Queen’s and Halle tournamentswith Italy that can count on quarter-final level Lorenzo Musetti come on Jannik Sinner. We talked about this and more in the last episode of TennisManiaon air on the OA Sport Youtube channel conducted by Dario Puppo.
The Eurosport commentator focused on the performance of the South Tyrolean (no. 1 in the world)victorious against the Magyar Fabian Marozsan in the round of 16 on German grass: “I saw the variety that was asked of him in the match against the Hungarian. Sinner showed off some incredible shots, including a new roll shot. Of course, he could also have closed in two sets, having had chances at the end of the second set and didn’t play the tie-break so well“.
Puppo then wanted to clarify a concept when he spoke about the potential Roland Garros-Wimbledon pairing for Carlos Alcaraz: “I never said that Sinner doesn’t deserve world no.1, I just underlined that if Carlitos manages to win in the space of a few weeks in Paris and London, then we go further because it’s a pairing that very few have succeeded in and he would be the most young. This does not take anything away from Jannik, who is showing greater consistency in the last period, also considering what happened at Queen’s with the defeat of Alcaraz“.
My colleague from Eurosport presented another interesting concept: “We often talk about feats in Italian sport and I believe that what Sinner (no. 1 in the world) has done is among the top three. They point out to me some results from Marcell Jacobs, which are amazing, but in my opinion to be placed on the same level as Jannik he would have had to obtain the world record in the 100 metres. Of course, winning the Olympic gold in 9.80 is no small feat, of course. But I have this vision“.
Completing the discussion on Musetti and the other Italians: “Lorenzo has a game that can annoy many on grass and he is proving it. If he happens to make the click, he can be racing on this surface too. We’ll see if the other Italians will be able to do the same. Arnaldi needs an exploit, Cobolli compensates with his speed and exceptional shots, while Darderi is an animal in the game“.
