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The 18-year-old from Sesto Pusteria is a new blue tennis champion.
Sunday 10 November 2019 3 minutes reading time
Jannik Sinner literally drove Milan crazy, going to take the first title of his "big" career, with the triumph in the grand final of the Next Gen ATP Finals.
At PalaLido, where Roger Federer signed in 2001 (the year of Sinner's birth) the first of his 103 pearls in the circuit, the former skier literally dominated the most important match against Australian Alex De Minaur, n 18 in the world that nothing could do against the Azzurri, who set the score 4-2 4-1 4-2.
The story is well known: Sinner moved to Riccardo Piatti's academy in Bordighera at a very young age, after leaving tennis for skiing at the age of 13, noticed by a master like Massimo Sartori who had already led the other South Tyrolean Andreas Seppi towards the maximum circuit.
"It 's true, I had the poster of Bode Miller in the room - he recalled in recent days during an interview with the Supertennis channel - I liked it a lot and I grew a little during his career; I was good at skiing, but I thought I could stand out more with tennis. I tried and now ... here I am ".
After the Milanese triumph, at the press conference Jannik proved to be more mature than his 18 years of age on August 16th, as demonstrated in the field with an almost inexplicable coldness for a boy of his age: "What will I buy myself with the prize money (372 thousand dollars, ed)? Nothing ... ", he smiled at the journalists who applauded him for a long time also for his spontaneity and availability. "The final was my best game in the tournament, in the semifinals I was nervous and I didn't serve at best - his words - The audience was simply fantastic, now we look forward with confidence".
For the first time, in January, it will start directly in the main board of a slam tournament, avoiding the qualifications of the Australian Open. The story of the one who seems to be a predestined of Italian sport, has just begun ...
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