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Now a bit of rest, then 100% focus on tennis says Sinner

Now a bit of rest, then 100% focus on tennis says Sinner

Record audience for Melbourne,can win Grand Slam says Bertolucci

ROME, 27 January 2025, 14:07

ANSA English Desk

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Jannik Sinner said Monday after retaining the Australian Open to win his third grand slam title and become Italy's most successful tennis player ever Sunday that now he would rest for a while and then return to focusing on tennis 100%.
    "Now we have some free time.

Then, when we get back to work, tennis will have 100% of our attention again," said the 23-year-old South Tyrolean world number on the sidelines of the photo shoot with the Australian Open trophy in Melbourne.
    "There are many important tournaments in which I have to be at my best, but the balance between life off the court and work on the court is fundamental".
    Sinner, who beat Germany's world number two Alexander Zverev in straight sets without dropping a break point to pass Nicola Pietrangeli's record of two slams, pulled away at the top of the ATP rankings, 3,700 points ahead of the German.
    The final drew a record TV audience of 3.5 million as Sinner mania again took hold of Italy.
    Sinner, who has been dubbed Sinner the Winner, could go on to win the Gran Slam this year, said Paolo Bertolucci, one of the Four Musketeers who gave Italy their first David Cup in 1976 before Sinner and Co replicated the triumph last year.
    "We have to enjoy it and understand how lucky we are to be able to follow and cheer for him," pundit Bertolucci said on Rai radio.
    "Sinner is a phenomenon on the court and anyone can notice it, but he is also a phenomenon off the court.

Every now and then, when I see him, I touch him and say 'are you real or are you a UFO?' ".
    "It is no coincidence that Sinner is spoken of as Djokovic's heir. Surely where he is closest to the Serbian phenomenon is in his return of serve", added Bertolucci.
    The former Azzurro also returned to the issue of a change of coach: "I don't think Cahill will go back (on his announcement that he is withdrawing as Sinner's coach at the end of the season).
    "Australians are very attached to their origins. At a certain point they have to return home: it happened with Ashleigh Barty, it happened with the motorcyclist Casey Stoner, they have this sort of call of the wild. I've read some names as Cahill's successors: Seppi would be wonderful: even if he has never coached, they speak the same language. "Ivanisevic is also an option, another former member of Djokovic's staff. I would ignore Agassi, he's far away, he is in Las Vegas".
    Asked if Sinner could do the Grand Slam, the first since Rod Laver in a calendar year, Bertolucci said: "It could be a year to bet on. Before, when Nadal was there, Paris was a taboo for everyone, you had to think about the other three tournaments and the Grand Slam was impossible.
    "Now there is no Nadal anymore, there are good players like Alcaraz and Zverev, but the others cannot think of worrying Sinner.
    "Generally speaking, apart from Alcaraz, I don't see a player who can beat him on clay. Before some youngster can get to him, it would be ideal to seize this moment where there are at most one or two opponents of the same calibre." Italy's premier sports daily trumpeted Sinner's win with a huge front-page headline, "The Martian".
    The world's sports press also hailed Sinner's triumph with L'Equipe headlining "Untouchable", El Pais saying "today tennis is in Sinner's hands" and AS saying he was "unplayable".
    The Herald Tribune headlined "Sin-sensational" while the BBC said "Sinner will become one of the strongest players we have ever seen".
    A few outlets, including The Times, mentioned the "dark cloud" hanging over the Sinnerminator: the clostebol doping case for which the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is seeking a one-two year ban.
    Sinner said Monday he as unsure whether he would be able to attend a reception at the presidential Quirinale Palace hosted by President Sergio Mattarella to celebrate Italian tennis's success last year including the Davis Cup.
    "I don't know yet, I have to decide," he said on the sidelines of the photoshoot at Albert Park Lane in Melbourne.
    Speaking again about the balance of his season between private life and tennis, he explained that "the balance off the court is fundamental: it is better to take one more day off to be at the top and competitive afterwards because there are so many important tournaments".
   

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