Adriano Panatta already crowns Jannik Sinner

The words of Adriano Panatta

Adriano Panatta in Il Messaggero returned to talk about Jannik Sinner: “I don’t know if we have found a new Panatta because 50 years have passed, but we have certainly found a new champion. He is a complete player, among the emerging young players. He will have a great future. He is a champion, that’s for sure.”

“A championis 30 percent awareness, 30 percent knowledge and 40 percent madness, but I consider myself lucky, not completely a winner, because it would be arrogant and presumptuous to say that. Maybe more of a winner than a loser,” he also added in general.

Despite having achieved excellent results in skiing since childhood, at the age of 13 Jannik decided to devote himself exclusively to tennis, moving to Bordighera, at the court of Riccardo Piatti. It was a choice that would prove successful, as Sinner is the youngest Italian tennis player ever to enter the top 100 (October 2019) and to win an Atp title in the Open era (Sofia 2020). In addition, along with Matteo Berrettini, Jannik is the only Italian tennis player to have reached at least the round of 16 in all four Slams. For him, 2022 was the breakthrough year: he left Piatti to rely on Vagnozzi.