During the awards ceremony of the Halle tournament, the Italian champion received the splendid dedication from his friend-rival
With surgical precision, thanks to a ferocious concentration that allowed him to play the most important points in the best possible way in a match that could not have been tighter, Jannik Sinner he brought home his fourth title of the season, fourteenth overall in an increasingly bright career, the first on grass.
At the height of a tournament, that of Halle, not without difficulties but played in crescendo, the champion from San Candido triumphed in the presence of a rival who never gave up. But in the end he had to bow to the class of the blue player.
With a double tie-break Jannik took home the final victory, thus inaugurating his reign – which promises to last a long time – as world number one. If in Paris the 22 year old from South Tyrol had to bow to the champion shots scored by Carlos Alcarazone of the tennis player’s best friends on the circuit, in the last act of the German event the student of Simone Vagnozzi he broke the resistance of his great friend Hubert Hurkacz.
One with whom, in the same tournament, he had played together in doubles, reaching the quarterfinals. The Polish player, number 7 in the world, accepted the verdict of the field with great sportsmanship, becoming the protagonist of touching words pronounced immediately after the match.
Hurkacz, honeyed words for Sinner: “You give me great inspiration”
Hurkacz, beyond some unusual and isolated nervousness shown to the Roland Garros in the meeting with Grigor Dimitrov, has a character very similar to that of the blue phenomenon. Perhaps here lies the secret of a friendship that cannot be undermined by the greater skill of one compared to the other.
“Good boy Jannikyou and your team are doing immense work that gives me great inspiration“, the 27-year-old made his debut on stage Halle. “You have risen to number one in the world and I sincerely congratulate you. It was a pleasure to be here and see so many spectators in the stands. Thank you for this beautiful week“, he concluded Hurkacz.
With a perhaps even a little embarrassed smile, Jannik responded shortly after to his opponent’s sincere compliments: “When you face a strong tennis player like Hubi, you play few important points and today, for example, there were two tie-breaks. I started both of them well: something that helps you serve better or in any case more freely. I tried to always be aggressive“, the words of the ATP ranking leader.
