Jannik Sinner, the most beautiful birthday

Today Jannik Sinner, our number one tennis player, turns 22. What better way to celebrate after winning the first Master 1000 (in Toronto) and conquering the highest position in the ATP ranking (number 6), catching up with fellow traveler Matthew Berrettini (well yes, in January 2022 Matteo was up there too).

The South Tyrolean will also celebrate on the pitch: at the current tournament a Cincinnati (another Master 1000) in the evening he will face the Serbian tennis player Lajovic. And who knows if he will indulge in a few more drinks after the game or in the wee hours, he who usually goes to rest early.

Jannik Sinnerknown as the red of world tennis, has been digging point by point since 2019, when at 18 he won the Next Gen Atp Finalright against the Australian Alex De Monaur, the same opponent he beat in Toronto. His climb to the tennis Olympus began from Milan. In 2020 he reaches the top 40 and becomes the youngest Italian (at 19) to win an ATP tournament in the Open era (it was the one in Sofia), in 2021 he wins four titles and reaches the final in Miami, in 2022 he tastes three quarters of finals in three Grand Slams (Rolland-Garros, Australian Open And Wimbledon where it beats Carlos Alcaraz becoming the youngest Italian to reach the quarterfinals of the English Slam).

2023 is the year of the first Master 1000 and the semifinal a Wimbledonwhere our red is defeated by his majesty Djokovic. Sinner is a train in motion, and on the fast it is an almost perfect splinter. Of course, the former skier from San Candido needs to improve in his first serves, in his descent to the net, in managing his strength and in the most delicate moments, even if the victory in Toronto has made him mentally more solid. That tense and poised first set was a symptom of a palpable emotionality, which he managed to overcome slowly, point by point.

Who knows what he would have written Gianni Clerici of this champion who wanted to be a skier and who instead one day holds the racket and becomes a top player. The former coach of Roger Federer Ivan Ljubicic has already given his verdict on the next “Big Three”: Alcaraz, Sinner and Rune. The US Open are upon us (from August 31st), is Jannik getting ready to give himself, and give us, another gift?