Jannik Sinner, Paolo Bertolucci outspoken about slam ambitions
Paolo Bertolucci outspoken about Jannik Sinner
Trying to make the cards at the upcoming Australian Open, the first major event of the 2024 world tennis season, Paolo Bertolucci spoke candidly about Jannik Sinner's ambitions: from the columns of 'La Gazzetta dello Sport', the former tennis player, now a columnist, explained that it's time to expect great things from the South Tyrolean, star of a final 2023 season that was nothing short of excellent.
"On the fact that Sinner will continue the work focused on expanding the technical baggage, with new and more concrete solutions, there is not the slightest doubt – explained Bertolucci, a member of the Italian team that won the 1976 Davis Cup in Chile -. Soì as it will go forward with the goal of increasing the qualityà physical to hold its own against the best".
"The concrete of the first months of 2024 will see him" protagonist – he added -: the long distance of the Slams, 7 final matches including best of 5 sets, will tell us" at what point è his work on stamina". "If he manages to get off on the right foot, I reiterate that I expect a Sinner who can be Djokovic’s first rival at the now upcoming Australian Open".
Sinner, fourth in ATP ranging, has yet to take the court in this 2024 but is training hard to arrive as fit as possible at the Australian Open. His last official match for now remains his two-set victory over Alex de Minaur last Nov. 26, which gave Italy the decisive point to win the second Davis Cup in its history.
