The baby captain has big plans again in Turin

At the weekend, Jannik Sinner spent a few relaxing days in his hometown of Sesto, where, among other things, he met watched a football game in the local amateur leagues . Now the 20-year-old is fully back in tennis mode: the Davis Cup matches against the USA and Colombia are on the program on Friday and Saturday. With a Sinner leading the Azzurri squad.

Because Matteo Berrettini had to withdraw due to his abdominal muscle injury, Sinner is Italy's highest ranked player, which is why he was excluded from the Journal of Sport was unceremoniously appointed “baby captain”. At the turn of the year, the Pusterer is in 10th place. “We will definitely miss Matteo,” explained Sinner in the run-up to the first encounter. “The games that await us will be very tough. But there aren't many countries that have such a close-knit group as we do." Plus, they're playing at home and the fans "will be an additional weapon." In addition to Sinner, Lorenzo Sonego (ATP 27), Fabio Fognini (37), Lorenzo Musetti (59), and doubles specialist Simone Bolelli (ATP 25 in doubles) are also there. An honorable award for Sinner Italy's games at the Davis Cup will take place at the Pala Alpitour in Turin - the same place where Sinner caused quite a stir last week with his appearances at the ATP finals against Hubert Hurkacz and Daniil Medvedev. “I grew in these games,” explains Sinner.

<a data-caption="Italiens Davis-Cup-Team: Von links Kapitän Filippo Volandri, Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Sonego, Lorenzo Musetti, Simone Bolelli und Fabio Fognini © Social Media Lorenzo Musetti" data-fancybox="inline-90842" target="_image" href="https://s3-images.sportnews.bz/_images/scale/1280x1280/img/2021/11/italiens-davis-cup-team-von-links-kapitaen-filippo-volandri-jannik-sinner-lorenzo-sonego-lorenzo-musetti-simone-bolelli-und-fabio-fognini.jpg"> Italy's Davis Cup team: From left, captain Filippo Volandri, Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Sonego, Lorenzo Musetti, Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini © Social Media Lorenzo Musetti

In the run-up to the prestigious tournament in the northern Italian metropolis, the South Tyrolean was recognized for his legendary season. As is well known, he started at position 36 in the world rankings, but is now in the top 10 - also because he was able to win four ATP tournaments in one year (Melbourne 1, Washington, Antwerp, Sofia). No Azzurro has ever achieved this. As a result, he received the Player of the Year trophy at the Supertennis Awards in Turin on Monday evening. Sinner also left Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini behind. A reunion with showman Tiafoe? Sinner and the Azzurri are ready to make a splash at the Davis Cup too. It starts on Friday at 16 p.m. against the USA. The North Americans also have Frances Tiafoe, who inflicted what was probably the most painful defeat of the year on Sinner in Vienna. With his showman style he pulled it off back then Sinner's anger . “He’s in Turin too? That makes me happy,” joked the Sexten native when asked about his opponent.

But it is unlikely that the two will meet. At the start, the Azzurri's number 1 will probably have to deal with John Isner (ATP 24) or Reilly Opelka (ATP 26) - two "huge" tasks, after all, the two US boys measure 2,08 and 2,11 meters tall respectively . But no hurdle seems to be too high for Sinner at the moment. If Italy wins the group against the USA and Colombia, the quarter-finals in Turin will take place on Monday. The semi-finals and final will take place in Madrid at the beginning of December.

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The baby captain has big plans again in Turin

The next highlight of the season is coming up for Jannik Sinner this weekend: he will compete in the Davis Cup with the Azzurri in Turin. When he took part for the first time, the Sesto native was immediately the big star.

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