Jannik Sinner debuted as number one with victory. This phrase might not seem surprising to us, but the truth is that the Italian not only faced one of the most dangerous rivals you can see in your debut on grass (Tallon Greek track, against whom he had to come back from 0-1 down), but he did so with very little time to adapt since his contest at Roland Garros ended. After adding his first success in the ATP Halle 2024the transalpine offered interesting reflections on Press conference about how the circuit approaches the grass tour: what it focuses on to be effective and why we see less and less serve and volley at the ATP level.
Impressions of a hard-fought victory
“It was a pretty tough match, yes. They are always very tough matches when I face Tallon (Griekspoor). He served very well throughout the match, I was ahead in the tiebreak of the first set but I made a couple of mistakes, he served there very well. A set here can be resolved very quickly and in a short time, as you saw: mentally it can be tough, but I tried to stay focused and, although I suffered in the second set, I did my best to be there mentally. “In the third set I improved a little more and that makes me quite happy, I hope I can continue playing even better in the next round.”
Back to playing on grass
“At first it’s never easy. The movements are different compared to other surfaces. I just try to stay very aggressive on my first shot, even if you miss some. It was exciting to get back on court and I’m happy to be able to play at a level like this , on this court. The atmosphere was great, it was a very good first round match.”
The incredible point with which he broke Griekspoor’s serve
“It all started with that lucky return, I know I hit him a little with the frame. He opened me on the right side, I tried to make him have to play at least one other shot, and then I saw that, after his ball touched the ball went in the wrong direction. It came out too high so I knew I had a small chance of hitting that shot. I don’t really know… I tried to play the cross because he was covering the parallel. that fell in my favor and, since then, the inertia of the party changed in my favor.
About the slice and the serve and volley on grass, which is seen less and less
“Right now there are less serves and volleys and less slices on all surfaces, because the game in general is a little faster, you don’t have much time to hit that shot. On grass, the first weeks are different: at Wimbledon you see a little more of this style of play. For my part, I have never used the slice or the serve and volley too much, although sometimes I have to do it if I had a little more time to get used to it on this surface… of course. that everyone wants to prepare this type of tennis for Wimbledon. Maybe there we can see a little more variety.
2024-06-18 21:05:17
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