Filippo Volandri and Angelo Binaghi praise Jannik Sinner
Filippo Volandri and Angelo Binaghi praise Jannik Sinner
Ità Jannik Sinner will be the extra weapon of Italy at the Davis Finals in Malaga. Filippo Volandri è convinced of this: "Every captain would like to be able to field a world number four. He also è been there for us, supported us, we can't wait to have him back on the team", confessed at the Trento Sports Festival the non-playing captain of the Italian Davis Cup team.
"Jannik world number four like Panatta in '76? I didn’t think about that, I thought more about the path he had taken, very proud of the important choices he made,” he continued, “His dedication, his desire to get there made the difference. And also his tactical intelligence. He has a fire inside even if he seems a bit glacial. His will; to get to the top can make the difference".
He is echoed by Federtennis president Angelo Binaghi. "We should be proud and proud to have a player like Sinner, let’s remember that when it happens that he loses a match and makes a mistake – explains the federal number 1 – Sinner’s good fortune lies in his weaknesses, è a much less complete player than the three in front of him. The fact that he continues to have stamina limitations or that he needs to improve something like serve and smash, tell that the margins to grow further are".
“The ATP Finals in Turin are more important for us than the Olympic Games,” Binaghi continued. “We are using the most capacious facility in Italy and we are on our way to a full house. It means that our sport now needs much more capacious facilities. We alone in taxes return to the state more than three times what we receive in contributions".
Then Binaghi returns to the’exclusion of Fabio Fognini from the qualifying round for the Davis Cup finals: “I spoke with Fabio twice, the first time he amazed me with his balance and honesty. After the Davis Cup I personally proposed myself to try to resolve what I felt were misunderstandings. With Fognini we agreed to meet when he returns from China, we will deal with the situation in the best possible way".
A topic that is especially close to Volandri’s heart: "Fognini? One thing è my relationship with him, after so many years in which I have often bet on him when others would not: the moment of clarification will come, which still hasn't happened. Then forò there's the professional issue: the Davis è much more important than us, all my choices will be according to the team and the goal. For the rest, there'è need time".
