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Although defeated in the final of the Masters 1000 in Miami by the Pole Hurkacz, the 19 year old from Sesto Pusteria is already predestined. And up to 13 he was a talent on skis, with the Bode Miller poster in the room ...
Monday 5 April 2021 2 minutes reading time
We all dreamed that he would become the youngest player in history to conquer success in a Masters 1000 tournament, but the feat is only postponed if Jannik Sinner confirms, as he has already done several times, how good he showed in the very first phase of a career that promises to be sparkling.
In Miami it was not his day, yesterday in the final against the Polish Hubert Hurkacz who beat him with a score of 7-6 6-4, after the 2001 class of Sesto Pusteria had succeeded in eliminating Roberto Bautista Agut in the semifinals. “I will come back stronger”, said the phenomenal South Tyrolean tennis player after the game, he who was “born sportily” on skis.
The story is well known, as Jannik had Bode Miller's poster in his bedroom ("a real idol for me") and was a national protagonist up to the Under 12 category, before deciding at 13 to play it with a racket in hand, "also because in tennis you can afford a mistake, in skiing no". And so the adventure in Bordighera with Riccardo Piatti and the beginning of a great journey, which still has to show us the most beautiful pages. Miami was just an appetizer ...
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