Sinner enchants Rome: “You win games like this in your head”

Where did he get this one? Victory against Tsitsipas , who is no less than number 6 in the world, at the prestigious Masters tournament in Rome, the field reporter wanted to know from Sinner immediately after the game. A legitimate question, after all, the 19-year-old has never defeated such a well-placed player in his career and made it to the round of XNUMX of a Masters tournament. Some people would have somersaulted for joy after such a triumph, but not Jannik Sinner. The Pusterer doesn't answer the above question in detail ("It's difficult to classify"), instead he analyzes his game soberly and dryly for a minute - as if he had just won the second round of an ITF tournament . And not at one of the most important in the world. >>> Here you can find the detailed match report These are the moments that show that Jannik Sinner's path leads straight and quickly towards the top of the world. Many people have talent, but very few people have that kind of mentality and maturity at this age. The man from Sexten is just as unperturbed by setbacks as he is by flights of fancy - see the win against Tsitsipas. The fact that he is being touted as the next superstar by what feels like the entire tennis world (he is described as a baby phenomenon in almost every article in the Italian press) does not put Sinner under pressure - on the contrary, it obviously spurs him on. Now Dimitrov is waiting “Tennis is a sport of episodes, the most important thing is the head,” said Sinner after Tsitsipas’ triumph. “It’s impossible to always play well. You can only win games like this with the right mentality. It wasn't easy going into the third set when you had to close the match two or three times in the second set." At the same time, Sinner also admits: "My goal was to make life as difficult as possible for Tsitsipas do it and not lose 1:6, 0:6.” Sinner managed that – and at the same time enchanted the whole of Tennis Rome. The 19-year-old is now focusing on the round of 22. The next tough challenge awaits Sinner there: Grigor Dimitrov is number 50 in the world and won his second round match on Wednesday against Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan / ATP 6) in a quick win 1:6, 0:XNUMX. Sinner has never played against Dimitrov before - that's another reason why the match on Friday should be very special.

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Sinner enchants Rome: “You win games like this in your head”

Jannik Sinner's path continues to climb steeply: On Wednesday he set the next milestone with his win against Stefanos Tsitsipas. The Sesto native’s tennis is simply impressive – just like the youngster himself.

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