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The first time historic for Italian tennis. TO 19 years and not even three months, Jannik Sinner wins ATP 250 in Sofia and wins first ATP title of his life, and he does it his way. By winning the first set, facing the inevitable difficulties in a match against an opponent – Canadian Vasek Pospisil – who never gave up, but without losing my mind when so many kids his age would have quit gambling.
Smile and arms to the sky for the glacial Jannik, which closes 6-4 3-6 7-6 in 2 hours and 16 minutes and from next week to enter top 40 in the world. He number 37 (He closed 2019 at 78, in 2018 it was 763!), But the numbers are what matters the least now: what counts is the joy of a boy who anno makes stravinceva the NextGen Finals and that in such a turbulent year for tennis and not only has he been able to give himself a joy and give it to hundreds of thousands of Italians glued to television. And that in 2021 he has no intention of stopping.
Jannik is received at the award ceremony by We are the Champions and a shower of confetti (in the end it will play Simply the best). Excited, but not a word out of place, as always. Sinner begins with a compliment to the opponent: Congratulations to Vasek for this week. I hope next year is better for you and you can do even better in 2021. It will last you today, but I hope I can continue to play difficult games. Then he turns to him his team that supports me every day, in every training session, on and off the court. Never stop. I am happy to be here with you, to share this joy with you after all the work we have done. Finally with the organization that made sure this tournament could be played. And thanks to the public who pushed us so hard and made themselves known. I hope I can play here next year.
The final had started the best he could for Sinner, who after having touched the break already in the first game he had broken Pospisil’s serve on the second occasion helpful. Then a fast break ball was canceled and there was never again a chance for the Canadian, who was also chasing the first ATP title, at 30, to get back in the race for the first set. But despite the world number 74, Pospisil, a tough nut to crack: break and counterbreak in the first two games of the second set, and another decisive break this time for Pospisil in the sixth game, in the most difficult moment of the afternoon for the phenomenon Sesto, who lost the last two games back to zero.
The third and decisive set was a battle, which began with two break points canceled by the Italian: in the decisive part that Sinner won the match point, retrieving a balloon from Pospisil and closing with an extraordinary passerby to go 3-2. At the first point of the ninth game (the score was 4-4), then, the referee made cancel on a ball yelled at Sinner, taking on a lot of responsibility since Sofia is not expecting the hawk’s eye. This is how we got thereThe tie-break, point to point, with Sinner having masterfully handled, closing 7-3 without awarding any mini break.
Jannik is the youngest Italian to win an ATP tournament (Improved Claudio Pistolesi’s record, which lasted from April 1987), first player class 2001 to do it and the youngest since Nishikori’s triumph in 2008 in Delray Beach. To get us excited again, Sofia’s was a splendid treat.
November 14, 2020 (change November 14, 2020 | 4:54 PM)
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