Alpine Skiinghistory

If Sinner doesn't go to the mountain ...

After the first triumph in an ATP tournament, we relive the tale of the South Tyrolean tennis player who grew up on skis. And our Dario Puppo brings up the national Alberto ...

Sunday 15 November 2020 2 minutes reading time

The ski that awaited the heir of the Blue Avalanche looked to the Alps for a decade in confident expectation. Instead, Tomba la Bomba appeared on the mound of San Siro, originally from Castel de Britti, a town on the outskirts of Bologna. Tennis has been waiting for many more years for the new Panatta who revealed himself a year ago at the former Palalido in Milan at the Next Gen Finals. Just a few steps from where the national Alberto conquered the Christmas parallel in 1984, coincidentally on Monte Stella. The funny thing is that Sinner as a child seemed destined to follow in the footsteps of Tomba in the giant and between the narrow poles. And it would have been all normal since Jannik “Mano Fredda” grew up in Sesto Pusteria, in Val Fiscalina, not far from the wonderful Tre Cime di Lavaredo, in the Dolomites. Having abandoned skiing at 13, it seems that he can still emulate Tomba, but with both forehand and backhand strokes, as confirmed by Sofia's victory, in the role of the new phenomenon of our local sport, capable of gluing Italians to TV, on Saturdays and on Sundays, in all seasons! Paraphrasing the famous saying, if Sinner doesn't go to the Mountain ...

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