Sinner reveals his desired opponent

September 16th is supposed to be a special day for Jannik Sinner. In Rome he will compete against one of the best tennis players in the world. The newly minted 19-year-old (Sinner celebrated his birthday exactly a month ago) has overcome the mediocre performance in Kitzbühel and will face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round of the Italian Open.

Sinner already faced the Greek, who is ranked 6th in the ATP world rankings, 16 months ago in Rome. There was a clear defeat back then - and now? “At this absolute top level, everything was new for me last year. But I have matured, as a player and as a person,” said Sinner, who describes Rome as his favorite tournament because of the atmosphere Gazette -Interview. Training with Rafael Nadal In order to optimally prepare for the clay court tournament in the Italian capital (“A terrain that I haven't been used to since my youth.”), Sinner recently trained with Rafael Nadal. The Spanish superstar made a huge impression on the Pusterer: “When you are allowed to train with such a size, you can only learn. It's unbelievable how he doesn't give up a ball even in training and pays attention to the smallest details. I hope to face him in a competition at some point.” “Hard work is my inspiration. I learned that from my parents.” Jannik Sinner To make this work, Sinner has come up with a plan: “I want to keep moving up. But to do that, I first have to beat players ranked 50 in the world, then number 40 and then number 30. The goal is to continually improve and always be as good as possible.” Sinner and driving Sinner used the tennis-free time in the last few months to get his driver's license. However, the South Tyrolean doesn't have his own car (yet): “In Montecarlo I always drive around in the Smart from Gaia (the wife of his trainer Riccardo Piatti; editor's note). “It works quite well because the car is very small and I can’t park well.”

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Sinner reveals his desired opponent

On Wednesday afternoon (around 15 p.m.) Jannik Sinner will meet Stefanos Tsitsipas in Rome. In the run-up to the game against the Greeks, he gave an interview to Gazzetta dello Sport - including his preferred opponent for the future.

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