Jannik Sinner, Vincenzo Santopadre responds to critics

The words of Vincenzo Santopadre

Vincenzo Santopadre, former coach of Matteo Berrettini and now coach of Luca Van Assche, gave an interview to Corriere dello Sport in which he spoke about the affair involving Jannik Sinner: "Over the past few months è he has grown up with this difficulty. The matter has weighed him and his team down but my hope è that from now he can return to being light".

"È has been very good at handling this burden and now the more days pass, the better he will be – added the Italian coach. I think some people don’t read up before they speak, I say this because I know how tennis players are a bit light on these issues. Maybe they don’t read the decisions thoroughly but then they judge".

So he recoiled: "I don’t want to be heavy-handed but those who inform themselves can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Athletes are good at making demands and complaining but then they don’t know the situations. This is not è good for tennis. In the ruling of Sinner I don’t think there was any wrongdoing".

Finally, he pointed out the favorites for the Us Open: "The tournament" is more uncertain than other times also because" the Olympics" distorts the season a bit. The suspects are the usual three: Sinner, Alcaraz and Djokovic. Absurdly, the most stable at this stage è Nole. This time there's room for some surprises like Medvedev, Rublev or Zverev. It will beà crucial to see who picks up the pace in the first three rounds”.