Jannik Sinner: Adriano Panatta calls for no confusion
Jannik Sinner: Adriano Panatta calls for no confusion
Adriano Panatta, speaking during the podcast 'La Telefonata' with Paolo Bertolucci, è returned to the triumph of Jannik Sinner at the Us Open, who beat Taylor Fritz in the final: "Sinner è stronger forehand, backhand, backhand, volley and net, physical strength… In the end è logical that he won, right? Only in the serve maybe they were even. Fritz è a very good player but è second-rate. No one canè resist Jannik, maybe only Alcaraz".
"The final looked like a comic scene with Fritz trying to pull hard from behind without knowing perhaps that Sinner è the best in the world at that thing lì – added the'former tennis player -. He had no alternative, no hope. Forò one thing I want to say: I want to sign a petition to abolish slap volè or slap on the fly. An unwatchable thing".
"I had an attack of labyrinthitis last night tremendous: sleepless night, practically" then admitted Panatta", with Bertolucci’s prompt witty reply: "Ah, I thought you got it because" Sinner surpassed you in the history of Italian tennis". The Roman then launched a provocation: "You know that I am the least envious person in the world. Perhaps you are confusing me with someone else whose name I avoid mentioning but that you have understood well who è…".
The reference, in all likelihood, è to Nicola Pietrangeli who, after Sinner’s triumph in New York, had declared: ""Jannik will never beat my record of Davis Cup appearances and victories because far fewer matches are now played in this competition".
