Tonino Zugarelli is adamant about Jannik Sinner
Tonino Zugarelli: "Jannik Sinner canò get to #1 in the world"
At the microphones of Radio Anch'io Sport on Rai Radio 1 Tonino Zugarelli, the "fourth man” of the Italian team that won the 1976 Davis Cup along with Adriano Panatta, Paolo Bertolucci and Corrado Barazzutti, gave his opnion on the climb to world number one by Jannik Sinner, frsco number 3 in the ranking. Here are his words, reported by the Ansa website.
Zugarelli: "Sinner è a true champion”
"Sinner has already amply demonstrated that he is a true champion, his will be a starring future,” says Zugarelli. “He will surely fight to get to the first position of the ranking, not è a utopia right now. I wish Sinner to achieve this result as soon as possible, it would be a credit to our movement. I believe he will not dominate the tennis world, but he will be one of its main players like Alcaraz".
Zugarelli: "Sinner canò win on any surface”
"They told me I was very strong on fast courts, and then I finally reached the final at the Internazionali d'Italia on clay,” continued Zugarelli, who at the Foro Italico in 1977 succumbed only to Vitas Gerulaitis in the final. If he continues to play as he is doing, Sinner can win on any surface. His advantage for the ranking è that he scored points at the beginning of the year".
"Zugarelli: "Sinner a fine example for tennis”
"Today’s tennis is not è like in our time, every week the guys are under pressure with continuous and important tournaments – continues Zugarelli, who in his career won the Bastad tournament in 1976, defeating Barazzutti in the final, and as mglior ranking è was number 24 in the world -. The enemy of everyone è that someone can hurt, that è the only problem. The most beautiful thing è that when he finishes the match, he sends very important messages that people have to pay attention to. Jannik è very calm, serene, è so serene that he can hide these stresses that then make him great. è important that a 22-year-old boy has the ability to spread these kinds of messages for the tennis movement".
Zugarelli: "Sinner’s strength è to always want to improve”
“I see a guy who is perfect to be a major player in the future of tennis. I see no great difficulties; technically I see almost perfection. But, as he says, every day he has to improve and è this is what makes him great. If we want to look for the hair in the egg, maybe he can push himself even more at the net and improve his offensive phase even more, but so far what he has done is enough for him,” Zugarelli concludes.
