Jannik Sinner thanks Matteo Berrettini: “A great honor.”

Jannik Sinner thanks Matteo Berrettini: "A great honor"

After his first-round victory at the Us Open with Mackenzie McDonald, Jannik Sinner è was a guest in the studio of SuperTennis in Flushing Meadows: "The last period has not è been easy for me. I think now slowly, day by day, we are trying with my team to get back a little bit to normal.

He then thanked Matteo Berrettini for the kind words spent on him regarding the Clostebol case: "I am very happy with what Matteo said, we know each other well and we respect each other very much. We know what we are like humanly as well, he showed me a lot of respect, è it was a great honor. From this situation I learned who è my friend and who not, I understood how important sport is but also life outside tennis, that there are many things worse than what I went through".

"I always thought that I did nothing wrong, I am a very honest person, but the closer the sentence came, the less I enjoyed myself on the court,” the South Tyrolean later admitted. Those who knew me saw a different Jannik who was having less fun, less smiling, with less desire, even though I won so many matches during this period. Thanks to those who è stood by me, because they always treated me normally".

"Physically I am not 100% prepared it was impossible with all that I went through, but I try to do my best. Of course, mentally the situation blocks you, I can feel it on the field and the audience is helping me in crucial moments. Let’s see what I can do. Against McDonald I started out soì soì I found my rhythm, now I have to find a good balance of work and fun to find myself. It takes some time but slowly it will be back to normal" concluded Sinner.