Jannik Sinner: Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta cut it short
Jannik Sinner: Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta cut short
Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta, present at Casa Italia, home of the Azzurri at the Paris 2024 Olympics, spoke to alanews microphones about Jannik Sinner’s forfeit that is causing so much discussion among fans and insiders. The two Slam winners clearly sided with the world number one and cut short the controversy these days.
"We understand what è happened to him, in tennis you don’t have moments of rest and an injury or an’indisposition can jeopardize so much; those who don’t understand tennis can’t know", they said.
Schiavone and Pennetta disagreed instead on the favorites for the gold medal: "We can win three medals. Paolini è favorite, in the men's instead I see Djokovic who in the best of three sets canò win over a moreù discontinuous Alcaraz", said the Leonessa.
Not è agree Flavia: "The Spaniard è the favorite and in the women’s I’m betting on Swiatek". Differing opinions also on the opening ceremony: "For me beautiful, from TV è it was exciting", said Pennetta. "Too long, being the patriotic person I am I would never have expanded to foreign athletes", Francesca answered her.
