Jannik Sinner is now afraid of no one

The words of Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner enjoys his victory over Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori, which earned him the semifinals of the “Miami Open,” the second ATP Masters 1000 of the season.

“I know him very well and it is never easy to face him, I think we both played well. But I played better the important points,” said the Italian hotly. “I served but I also responded very well. The rain stop? It’s never easy to stop when you’re ahead: on the resumption the conditions had changed a bit, it was much wetter. If I’m well I know I can play on equal terms with anyone: in any case I’m really happy to be back in the semifinals here.”

Despite having achieved excellent results in skiing since childhood, at the age of 13 Jannik decided to devote himself exclusively to tennis, moving to Bordighera, at the court of Riccardo Piatti. It was a choice that would prove successful, as Sinner is the youngest Italian tennis player ever to enter the top 100 (October 2019) and to win an Atp title in the Open era (Sofia 2020). In addition, along with Matteo Berrettini, Jannik is the only Italian tennis player to have reached at least the round of 16 in all four Slams. For him, 2022 was the breakthrough year: he left Piatti to rely on Vagnozzi.