Berrettini-Sinner it’s a relay between different brothers. Today, in Wimbledonthe center of tennis and world sport, like yesterday, between the first historic Italian finalist at the Championships and the first Italian seed in the Temple, in the recurrence of history between the two leaders of the Italian Renaissance. Will the first time on grass be for the 28-year-old Roman, recovered after yet another twist of fate, or for the 22-year-old who is dominating the season with 38 matches won (including the first Slam in Australia) and only 3 lost? Perhaps the victory would be more important for the older one, who however has much less to lose in the confrontation against the odds, while it would have probably greater negative psychological repercussions for the younger one, after the slowdown in Paris again against the great rival Alcaraz and again in 5 sets. Will the specialization on green count more: double at Queen’s and Stuttgart, plus the Wimbledon 2021 final for one or the fresh title in Halle and the semifinals of 12 months ago at Church Road for the other? Will the pressure be ballast or a flying carpet? Will the forehand or the backhand win?
DIFFERENT
Beyond the eight-year difference, how different can the “Roman from Rome” of 1.96 and 95 kilos be and the Alto Adige native of 1.88 and 76, one powerful and powerful who excels with violent service bursts and forehands and mellifluous silica backhands, the other long-limbed like an ibex of his mountains, with knees always low, guaranteed balance, fast strength and a natural super-backhand? Matteo, born on clay, has found Eldorado on grass, Jannik, born on fast with always equal bounces, tries to adapt to the variables of red and green courts. Berrettini has always breathed the atmosphere of tennis from his two passionate middle-class parents, Sinner grew up in extreme freedom, with his parents always working in the cabin, and then chose to derail from ski poles to the yellow ball. Matteo reads a lot, he also spoke a lot, on the pitch – they called him “radiolina” -, he is very introspective, and he has made a reputation as a Latin lover, after many different passions: his Australian colleague Ajla Tomljanovic, the show girl Melissa Satta, the model Meredith Mickelson (never confirmed), the TV host Paola Di Benedetto (maybe, who knows). Jannik does not seem to be devoted to reading, rather to skiing and go-karting, and, as for feminine beauty, he appreciates the blonde with delicate features: from the influencer Maria Braccini to the Russian colleague, Anna Kalinskaya.
SIMILAR
Both are very close to their family, brother and friends. They grew up with a historic coach but then abandoned him: Berrettini, the former pro Vincenzo Santopadre; Sinner, the number 1 of Italian coaches, Riccardo Piatti. And they are rewriting the history of Italian tennis. In January 2022, Berrettini rose to 6 in the world, overtaking Barazzutti (7), but behind Adriano Panatta (4), Sinner rose to 1 on June 10. Matteo was the first to reach the quarterfinals in all Slams and Jannik equaled him. At the 2019 US Open, the Roman replanted the Italian flag in the Majors semifinals, the South Tyrolean imitated him at the 2022 US Open. The great hitter added another Italian Slam final at Wimbledon 2021, the super responder signed another Italian Slam, in Melbourne, after Panatta’s Roland Garros 1976. Matteo brought an Italian back to the Masters in 2019, and then also won the first match among the magnificent 8, last year Jannik reached the final and was the Davis Cup leader in Malaga, with his friend only a fan. In short, will black or red come out at the Wimbledon roulette?
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