Sinner, the words after the match with Navone

“I give myself a very high vote, beyond the result. This was a fundamental day for me, I faced it with the right attitude.” Word of Jannik Sinner, visibly happy after breaking the ice in the debut from the international, leaving the three months of suspension definitively behind the clostebol case. The number 1 in the world is happy for the atmosphere he has reassured and for the tennis he played against the Argentine Navone. “I have been waiting for this moment for a long time and it was fantastic here in Rome. I received a great affection since the first days, and the cheering during the game also supported me in the difficulties. In the field I was quiet, I felt a different emotion. When I passed the third game I felt the game again, I found myself. And slowly I managed to raise the level. I felt quite well in the field”, says the blue that the night before he did well Spending the hours of waiting in the company of the full family, arriving well in advance of the Forum in order to avoid traffic, since Lazio-Juventus also played.

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Jannik had not played an official game for 104 days, from that January 26 who saw him triumph at the Australian Open, in the final against Zverev. Now explain the huge difference between a real match and a training. “Everything changes. The game, even when it looks downhill, is a Russian mountain. You perceive the different sensations especially at the beginning of the match, with the nerves to the skin when you use the first time and try to move in the best possible way. In training you play as freely, you don’t worry much when you lose a point. I am very competitive, so I love official matches”. At this phase of returning to normal, his first goal is to play one game after another, because precisely “the game is the best possible training”. So he is happy for the mere fact of having the opportunity to take the field again in this tournament. “Now I have a wider picture of what I am doing well and of what I have to improve. I hope to be able to play one or two games here to see where I am and to aim for small improvements. I had doubts before taking the field today. I have doubts even on what will happen in the next match. But we have to live with doubts because it means that you really care, that you want to improve. And then, it would be arrogant.” Yes, Sinner is back.