Jesper De Jong is candid ahead of challenge with Jannik Sinner
Jesper De Jong’s statements ahead of the challenge with Jannik Sinner
During an interview with the ATP Tour microphones, world number 161 Jesper De Jong, among other topics, dwelt on the match that awaits him against world number 4 Jannik Sinner, which is valid for the second round of the Australian Open. In addition, the Dutch tennis player did not hide his happiness at having managed to enter the main draw through qualifying.
"Accessing the main draw of the Australian Open è was the most special moment of my life, I was much more nervous during the qualifiers than in the match played against Cachin. In the match against Pedro I didn't play well in the first set, then in the second, third and fourth partial I put on good tennis and I am happy with the way I managed to turn the'inertia of the match" began the Dutch tennis player.
"The meeting with Sinner will be the most important of my life. It's going to be great and I'm going to prepare myself as best as I can so that it can turn out to be a good challenge. Yes to start underdog, but I am that fight and if you want to win you have to beat me. I fight on every point and every day I become more and more mature. I feel ready to take the next step and show the world what I am capable of. I hope the audience will be on my side" added the world number 161 ahead of the challenge with the South Tyrolean.
"I think I have what it takes to get into the top 100, but you also need a little bit of luck: there were 128 players in the qualifying draw and they were all very good. The other day it could have all ended because I was three points away from losing to Carbelli. I am happy that I had the determination and luck to overturn the result and was able to get into the main draw" commented Jesper De Jong.
