Jannik Sinner, new challenge against Carlos Alcaraz

Jannik Sinner after Wimbledon

After the honorable defeat suffered at Wimbledon, Jannik Sinner is preparing to take the court again: the 20-year-old Italian tennis player will in fact be among the players at the Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag, of the ATP 250 circuit, one of the most prestigious European tournaments on clay.

Scheduled for July 22-31 in the city of Umag (Umag), the competition will also feature Fabio Fognini and last year’s winner and world number 7 ranking Carlos Alcaraz at the Goran IvaniševiÄ stadium.

The debut of a world event, names that have made tennis history, and an ancient Roman amphitheater: instead, these are the unique ingredients of the Legends Team Cup – ATP Champions Tour, which will stop in Pula (Pula) from August 1-3, 2022. Sponsored by the Istria Tourist Board and organized by the Swedish company Top 12 Group, in cooperation with ATP and IMG, this is a brand new, exciting series of team competitions as part of the ATP Champions Tour. Pula (Pula) will be the first stop in this special show dedicated to the sport, which will see two teams of top tennis players face each other in three competitive three-day tournaments. Among the names in the field are Australian former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Spaniards Juan Carlos Ferrero (former No. 1) and David Ferrer (former No. 3), Cypriot tennis star Marcos Baghdatis, and Argentine former world No. 3 David Nalbandian.