Jannik Sinner and Italy also celebrated in France
Jannik Sinner on the Equipe
Italy's triumph in the Davis Cup è also made the front page in France, where l'Equipe analyzed the momentum of our tennis: "It's a passionate nation that loves the sport and invests a lot in Futures, Challengers, ATP and WTA tournaments, offering many opportunities" to watch and play tennis".
Chapter Jannik Sinner: " The man who è world number one since the last Roland Garros has also benefited from emulation. Matteo Berrettini (now 35°) è been top 10 and a finalist at Wimbledon (2021), and his peer Lorenzo Musetti (17°) è proved capable of some flashes of brilliance before him. Today Italy has six players in the top 50: the three mentioned above, plus the less spectacular but very solid Flavio Cobolli (32°), Matteo Arnaldi (37°) and Luciano Darderi (44°)".
"At least as important as this density; è is the'ageà of the protagonists. With the exception of Berrettini (28), all are under 25. Of the twenty-one players under 25 currently in the ATP top 50, five are Italian: more than the United States (4), Czech Republic (3), Argentina (2) and France (2). Not only are they there; they are just waiting to stay there and climb the rankings, for those not named Sinner. Not only do the Italians get along very well with each other, but the successes of some also fuel the confidence of others. (…) To underscore the broad spectrum of this team, on Sunday, as the Davis Cup team triumphed, two other Italian players won Challenger tournaments: Luca Nardi (21) in Italy and Fabio Fognini (37) in Spain".
"While Italy does not host Grand Slam tournaments, it does host a Masters 1000 (the Internazionali BNL d'Italia), tournaments on the main ATP and WTA circuits, and a large number of tournaments in the Challenger and Futures categories. 'Younger players receive wild-cards and those who have the ranking to enter the draw can play in Italy instead of wasting energy traveling', Berrettini emphasized a few years ago. All at a lower cost and in a more controlled environment. In this way, training can be accelerated, especially during the dangerous but essential transition period between the world of junior and professional tournaments. In 2024, only the United States organizes more Futures tournaments than Italy (40 versus 33 and 29 in France, for comparison) in the men" circuit.
