In what was the home of Roger Federercapable of imposing itself ten times, Jannik Sinner hopes to break the ice. So far he has under his belt 13 ATP titlesbut no one has yet been conquered on grass, on which the 22-year-old from Sesto Pusteria has already shown that he is not bad at all, reaching the semi-final last year in Wimbledon.
THE BOARD
Here, then, is the Terra Wortmann Open, which starts tomorrow in Halle, Germany, could represent a turnaround. It will also be the first tournament that the Italian will play as n. 1 in the world. Saturday 15 June the draw has been drawn and his first opponent in the round of 32 will be the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor (n. 23). Lorenzo Sonego (n. 58) will also take to the field and will face the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (n. 53). The balance sheet is two successes and two defeats, but the 29-year-old from Turin won the only match played on the lawns, in 2019 Antalya, where he lifted his first career trophy. The other Italians in the race are Luciano Darderi (n. 41), which will be opposed to German Jan-Lennard Struff (n. 35), Flavio Cobolli (n. 50), who will face the Pole Hubert Hurkacz (n. 8), e Matteo Berrettini (n. 95), which will have a qualified. In the doubles, I am leading the seeding Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolellirecent finalists at the Roland Garroswho they will meet in the round of 16 Griekspoor and Struff. Sinner will team up with his friend Hurkacz and will challenge the Americans Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow, seeded no. 3.
IN THE FINAL IN STUTTGART
Returning to Berrettiniis making sparks at Stuttgart Boss Open and today he will try to bring his victories to three, after those of 2019 and 2022. In the final at 1pm he will find the British Jack Draper (n. 40) on the other side of the net. On Saturday 15 June in the semi-final derby he dominated 6-4, 6-0 Lorenzo Musetti (no. 30). «Obviously – comments the 28 year old Roman – it’s never easy to face a good friend like Lorenzo, we know each other very well. Especially at the beginning, I think it showed, there was a bit of tension, but I was good at keeping my nerves under control, especially when I served for the first set. Then I felt better and better and I’m happy with this result”.
