Sky Sports comes down to the net with Jannik Sinner
Sky Sports all about tennis
In Sky’s House of Sports, tennis experienced an exceptional 2023. We saw in action legendary champions, such as Novak Djokovic; young but already established, such as Carlos Alcaraz; emerging, such as Holger Rune. Above all, we witnessed the consecration of Jannik Sinner, number 4 in the world and in the élite of the greatest players Italian tennis has had in its history. An extraordinary year deserves an unforgettable season finale. With 4 “ace”, winning services, signed Sky Sports. From Nov. 12 to 19, the Pala Alpitour in Turin will host the 54th edition of the Nitto ATP Finals. The entire tournament will be broadcast live on Sky and streamed on NOW. Next, from November 21 to 26 live on Sky and streaming on NOW with the Davis Cup Finals, scheduled in Malaga, Spain. Plus, two exceptional events, in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo: the exclusive interview with Jannik Sinner and the original production dedicated to Ivan Ljubicic.
Full coverage on Sky, with all singles and doubles matches live on Sky Sport Tennis, Sky Sport Uno, also streaming on NOW. Live from the Pala Alpitour, theater of the competition that closes the season of the ATP circuit, a total of more than 100 hours dedicated to the tournament. A daily full immersion, from 11:30 a.m. until midnight, with pre- and post-match studios live from the court, a daily edition of Sky Sport 24 from the Intesa Sanpaolo Lounge at the PalaAlpitour, as well as links from the Fan Village and the Circolo della Stampa Sporting training grounds. The most eagerly awaited edition of the tournament, the best ever in Italian terms. The eight finalists who will bring the singles tournament to life will be Novak Djokovic (Serbia), Carlos Alcaraz (Spain), Daniil Medvedev (Russia), Jannik Sinner (Italy), Andrey Rublev (Russia), Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece), Alexander Zverev (Germany), Holger Rune (Denmark).
Reporting, commentary, analysis: over the eight days of challenges, Sky Sports will field a “special team” that will ensure fans and followers experience the ATP Finals without missing a beat. On commentary, leading the Sky Sport team will be Elena Pero and Paolo Bertolucci, along with Luca Boschetto and the technical voices of Paolo Lorenzi, Raffaella Reggi and Laura Golarsa. At the Pala Alpitour, Eleonora Cottarelli and Angelo Mangiante will be the anchors of the pre-match and post-match studios, enriched by the appearances of Davis Cup Italy captain Filippo Volandri and Ivan Ljubicic, former world number 3 and former coach of Roger Federer. Stefano Meloccaro will be the correspondent who will tell, along with Paolo Lorenzi, the behind-the-scenes story of the Turin tournament every night in the ATP Finals column The Insider. Every day at 1 p.m. on Sky Sport 24, Dalila Setti will host Il Tennis è served, the special edition of the live sports news from Turin. Also reporting for the all news channel are Paolo Aghemo and Giorgia Mecca, with coordination by Marco Caineri and Giampaolo Iurilli, in the newsroom Barbara Grassi.
Sky Sport’s focus, as per tradition, goes beyond news and current events. In the two new original productions, airing on Sky Sport channels, streaming on NOW and available on demand, the gaze rests on two great interpreters of modern tennis and, albeit in different years, protagonists of equally fascinating human and sporting paths: Jannik Sinner and Ivan Ljubicic.
The Italian champion, who arrives at the end of 2023 as No. 4 in the world rankings, è at the center of the special Jannik beyond tennis – Sinner a year later, a long and engaging interview by Sky Sport director Federico Ferri, conducted in the enchanting space of the Gallerie d’Italia of Intesa Sanpaolo, in Milan, curated by Nora Marra and edited by Giovanni Cintoli. Sinner, on the eve of his double date with the Finals, gives unpublished details of his sporting journey over the past 12 months, which have propelled him among the all-time great Italian tennis players. Appointment from Friday, Nov. 10, at 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., on Sky Sport Tennis, on demand and streaming on NOW.
Different, but equally intense, emotions will be offered by the documentary”Ljubo, the’man saved by tennis” , the original Sky Sport production that sketches the’incredible human and sporting story of Ivan Ljubicic, former world No. 3 and Roger Federer’s coach. More than 30 years later, Ljubicic returns with Sky Sport to Banja Luka, the town from which he fled in 1993 because of the war in the former Yugoslavia. Numerous testimonies are collected in Stefano Meloccaro’s interviews, including the extraordinary and exclusive participation of Roger Federer. The special è curated by Giuseppe Marzo and edited by Flavio Chioda, relies on research by Giorgia Mecca and production by Chiara Telleschi, and will be aired from December 16.
Also of note ahead of the Davis Cup is the exclusive special dedicated to Lorenzo Musetti, a’full-hearted interview at this delicate stage in the career of one of the greatest talents in Italian tennis. “Musetti, over the top”, airing from November 17.
These original Sky Sport productions dedicated to tennis arise from the collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo, Host Partners of the Nitto ATP Finals in Turin.
From November 21 to 26, appointment in Malaga for the final phase of the Davis Cup, live on Sky Sport Tennis and Sky Sport Uno, also streaming on NOW. Among the 8 national finalists also Filippo Volandri’s Italy, which will face the Netherlands in the quarters. The challenge è scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 23, live from 10 a.m., with pre and post inside the Davis Cup Studio (broadcast from 9:30 a.m. and at the end of the matches). Friday&rave; 24 and Saturday 25 the two semifinals, Sunday 26 the final.
All updates on the tennis events that close the season also on the skysport.it website and on Sky Sport’s social accounts (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok) where followers can follow and comment live on the news through the #SkyTennis hashtag.
