This Monday was the day of Jannik Sinner. The Italian became number 1 in the world after a sensational start to the season in which he has only lost three games out of 36 played, although the last of them, in the semifinals of Roland Garros against Carlos Alcaraz, was especially painful.
And it is that allowed the Spaniard to be crowned champion in Paris and add his third Grand Slam titlereviving the debate about who is the player called to dominate tennis in the coming years.
The question is ¿Sinner o Alcaraz? and some seem to have it quite clear. It is the case of Mats Wilander, who considers that the Spanish is above the Italian.
“Alcaraz has shown that he does not need to play his best tennis to win”
Mats WilanderEx world number 1
“Alcaraz has shown that he does not need to play his best tennis to win. He will be able to win many more Grand Slams thanks to his aggressive play and the great courage he shows on important points. The game always depends on his performance. Sinner is number one only for the computer, Alcaraz is stronger” said the Swedish tennis legend.
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Sinner celebrated his rise to number 1 in the ATP ranking this Tuesday with a mass bath in Sesto Pusteriaa town in northern Italy near San Candido – his hometown -, which received him with a massive welcome that not even the rain could stop.
The new world number 1 returned to Italian soil as a hero, received by countrymen and about 500 children from all the towns in the area gathered in the small town of Sesto Pusteria where the sports center where he started playing as a child is located, just 10 minutes from San Cándido.
“I am very happy to be here, a place where I was born and where I lived my youth with friends and family. I am happy to see so many young people here and share this day with them,” said the 23-year-old young tennis player, before signing the town’s ‘Golden Book’.
At the event, Sinner was not only accompanied by his parents and his grandmother, but he was surrounded by two of the three most important titles of his career: the Davis Cup bowl and the world number 1 trophy.
Sesto Pusteria was filled with tennis fans and followers of a Sinner that is exciting in Italy, so the local authorities prohibited the entry of vehicles into the historic center of the city.
2024-06-12 09:27:26
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