Sinner finalist in Miami: ‘I risked everything for everything’

Incredible Sinner, now there are no more words to describe this red-haired boy who keeps Italy glued to the screens of any device to witness his exploits. The painful victory over Roberto Bautista Agut, an expert Spanish rubber wall, is another pearl to add to his crown. On Sunday the final will be played with the winner between Rublev and Hurkacz. With the Pole, Sinner played a couple of doubles tournaments during the season: “Hubi is my best friend on tour – he said -, we are very happy in doubles and he’s a great guy. He warmed me up before taking the field for the quarterfinals against Bublik. It would be nice to play a final against him, but we would both go out onto the pitch to win ”.

And while half of Italy is exhausted, deprived of strength and energy after suffering and fighting with him, Jannik comments on the result with great naturalness. Happy, but without excesses, that is the great virtue of this young man, the one that allows him not to exalt himself in victories and not collapse in moments of difficulty: “It is incredible, I am very happy – he commented after the match – the first semifinal in a Masters 1000 against such a solid player was very difficult. It was a battle, like two weeks ago in Dubai ”.

All for all

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The occasion was also tempting for Bautista: “We were both tense at the start of the game. Today has been a lot of wind, I have tried to get better, move it. And shuffling the cards was the key ”. A third set that was a run-up, with an immediate break and immediately recovered, then the abrupt end: “In the penultimate game I had more rhythm, and at that point I risked everything for everything, because in the worst case I would have even gone in five “.

Toque

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Perhaps his father is an excellent cook, but the comparison that Jannik comes up with when they bring him closer to greats like Federer, Nadal and Djokovic, champions of precocity like him, is gastronomic: “They are like star chefs, I know how to cook. but I still peel potatoes and carrots. I know the recipe but the preparation is still long ”. Meanwhile, poor Bautista Agut, staying on the topic of recipes, now sees Sinner as a peperonata in August, quite indigestible: “This kid is incredible,” said the Spaniard in the second consecutive defeat with the teenager, twice “I enter the field, thinking of being able to beat him, and twice I leave the field defeated. He is a special guy.”