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After the victory obtained in the second round of Roland Garros versus Alexander Zverev, Jannik Sinner became the youngest Italian tennis player to reach the quarterfinals in a Grand Slam tournament.
Your next opponent will be Rafael Nadal, who has won 12 times in Paris and has always been the man to beat. But there are games that are not just games. Games that transport you to another dimension and represent a new beginning.
For the first time Sinner will face one of the three sacred monsters of tennis and he will do it with that conscience and tenacity that make him so different from his peers.
Vinci talks about the match between Sinner and Nadal
Challenging Nadal at Roland Garros is a bit like challenging Roger Federer a Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic ai australian open the Serena Williams ai US Open.
This last test was in charge of one of the best Italian players. It is about Roberta Vinci, who at Flushing Meadows in 2015 beat the American in three sets in the semifinals in an epic match.
Who better than she can know what it means to be on one of the most important stages of world tennis in the company of one of the greatest legends of this magnificent sport? “I think it will be a very interesting match from a technical point of view, but also from a mental and physical point of view,” the former Italian champion told Eurosport.
“Sinner certainly doesn’t start out as a favorite, but in tennis you never know: anything can happen. He will have nothing to lose and will be able to play with less pressure than Rafael Nadal. In my opinion, Sinner will have to try not to lengthen the exchanges too long, be aggressive from the first point and always vary his game to put Rafa in difficulty.
I think Sinner is a real phenomenon, a great talent. You can do everything very easily. I met him and besides being an extraordinary tennis player, he is a very good boy: polite and spontaneous. All these qualities are also noticeable on the field when he plays ”.
