Massimo Cacciari, words about Jannik Sinner cause discussion

Jannik Sinner dominated the scene in Rome, winning his sixth consecutive Masters 1000 and setting an unprecedented tennis record. His unprecedented back-to-back victories in Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome have been dubbed the “Sinner Sweep,” a new term that defines winning the first five Masters 1000s of the year and will forever remain in tennis history.

Many are already comparing him to the greats of the past, particularly Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, but not everyone agrees. Among them philosopher Massimo Cacciari, who at the microphones of Radio 1’s program “Un giorno da pecora” expressed himself on the Blue: “Sinner is unbeatable because he doesn’t play against Federer, Nadal and Djokovic. Now it is a very different competition, the average level is not what it was 15 years ago. If he played against them it would be different from these matches that he wins in two sets without making too much effort.”

“In my opinion against them at the top of their level he would lose, because they were more complete, smash, net game, etc., they were better and had more class. Sinner is certainly a person of great intelligence, and he wins mainly because he has ten thousand times more head than his opponents, and head in tennis is crucial. I think Sinner is the first one who would agree with what I’m saying,” continued Cacciari, an amateur tennis player.

“The final against Ruud was very boring, Sinner very good and very focused, he is the greatest of all time in terms of head and ability to concentrate, he is a great champion, however, he is not Federer, he is not Nadal,” thus concluded his thoughts, which will certainly make the many fans of the Azzurro discuss.

In terms of numbers, the Roman triumph also had important repercussions on the ATP ranking. Sinner leads the world ranking with 14,700 points, stretching further ahead of Carlos Alcaraz — absent in Rome due to a wrist injury — by 1,350 net points, for an overall lead of +2,740. Behind the Spaniard (11,960 points) is Alexander Zverev with 5,705 points. A dominance that is also reflected in the extraordinary depth of Italian tennis: there are sixteen Italians in the top 200 in the world, with Musetti 11th, Cobolli 12th and Darderi 16th leading the pack behind the number one.