Jannik Sinner, training with a lefty to be ready

Never has an Italian made the final at the US Open

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Jannik Sinner is aiming to become the first Italian ever to win the US Open final. To do so, he will have to get past Jack Draper. The Englishman is having a sensational tournament. Being a left-hander, he è even more unpredictable in his shots. Reason why the world number one has scheduled ad hoc trainings.

L'azzurro, in agreement with his team, changed his sparring partner for the training session ahead of the semifinal with Jack Draper. It è was decided to field a left-hander on the court against Jannik Sinner, so as to test the azure on the different rotations of the ball hit, precisely, by a player who has in his left hand his preferred hand.

Jannik Sinner does not want to be surprised. Although he knows Jack Draper very well (they are friends, they played doubles in Montreal), the South Tyrolean is taking care of every detail to get to the challenge at his best. He is too eager to earn the US Open final. He would become the first Italian ever to do so since the semifinals won by Corrado Barazzutti in 1977 and Matteo Berrettini in 2019.

On the other hand, Jack Draper knows he has already achieved a huge milestone. The 2001 class è to the first semifinal of a Slam event. An outstanding achievement when you consider that, in other Slams, he è never made it beyond the second round. He has nothing to lose and, perhaps because of this, should be taken with a grain of salt.