Jannik Sinner or Matteo Berrettini? Angelo Binaghi sentences, “The real surprise is another.”
Angelo Binaghi dà votes to the protagonists of blue tennis
During an intervention on the program "La politica nel pallone" on Radio Rai, FITP president Angelo Binaghi, among other topics, è returned to the triumphant 2024 experienced by Italy. The former tennis player, in the course of his analysis, wanted to spend beautiful words for the protagonists of the success in the Davis Cup and BJK Cup, Jannik Sinner, Matteo Berrettini and Jasmine Paolini above all.
"We managers deserve a 7 becauseé we were lucky. Sinner is beyond any evaluation, è a phenomenon that today is not è measurable and we are honored to have such a player. I would give Berrettini a ten out of ten, last year he was the first supporter of his teammates, while this year he dragged them to victory with six wins out of six" began the FITP president.
"Musetti è the youngest player on the team, Davis è a nasty beast, it can happen to lose and he will treasure this experience. Despite the knockout with Argentina, she had a remarkable season, remember the bronze medal at the Paris Olympic Games. He deserves a good eight, actually nine. Bolelli and Vavassori made a decisive point, they are one of the strongest doubles pairs in the world and deserve a nine and a half. Volandri è was even luckier than us and deserves an eight and a half" continued the Cagliari native.
"For me, the real surprise of 2024 è Jasmine Paolini, sinceè no one would have thought she could achieve these results. She won the Olympic gold in Paris, got her own best ranking and was instrumental in the BJK Cup triumph, ten and praise for her as well" added the sports executive born in 1960.
"Looking ahead to 2025, the first goal will be to try to return to winning the Internazionali d'Italia, as it has been almost 50 years since we have won. We would also like to grow in the women’s sector and get to the same situation as the boys, that is, ten players in the top 100 in the world. You canè t talk now about the next Davis Cup, becauseè the ATP calendar è very intense and the boys will be called upon to make choices. The final round in China seems crazy to me, sinceè to play it there; would mean giving up at least half of the strongest players in the world. Our only thought has to be the knowledge that we are the strongest nation in the world, then as Sinner says, you have to work harder to stay on top. We will have the whole world against us, so we have to be proud of this pressure" Angelo Binaghi commented.
