Tennis, Barazzutti’s prediction: “Within three years an Italian Slam.”

Class of 1953, he was also No. 7 in the world

Today he blows out 70 candles Barazzutti, one of the best-known Italian tennis players of the 1970s and 1980s. During his long career, he was also No. 7 in the world. He won five titles and was a semifinalist at both Roland Garros and the US Open.

Still very interested in tennis, he is convinced that, soon, an Italian tennis player will win a Slam test: “Berrettini came very close at Wimbledon, Sinner if he is well is a top player, Musetti has great margins. Within three years, I am sure, we will be back celebrating. Rather, I hope that in the Davis Cup this year our people are all well: I think the time has come not to leave us heroes of the 1976 victory alone anymore,” his words to Gazzetta dello Sport.