Yesterday Jannik resumed the racket in his hand dribbling with Comesana. In Arthur Ashe Stadium he crossed Alcaraz: smiles and hugs

Yes, the king is back. Jannik Sinner resumed training after the illness that had forced him to retire on Monday, in the Cincinnati final against Alcaraz. The rain fall on New York canceled the practice sessions on the outdoor fields, then the first of the two hours booked by the staff of the world in the world. Jannik took the field directly to the arthur Ashe Stadium, closed, in front of tribunes crowded with the public. Before him Carlos Alcaraz and Lorenzo Musetti had trained. Hugs, smiles and pats on the shoulders with the Spanish challenger and his coach Ferrero. Then the South Tyrolean resumed the racket in his hand and started driving with the Argentine Francisco Comesana, n.54 ATP, under the watchful gaze of coaches Vagnozzi and Cahill.

recovery

The virus contracted during the tournament in Ohio was eradicated. Sinner had appeared pale in the face, slow in the movements and without energy, Monday against Alcaraz, retiring after just 23 minutes. Then the transfer to New York and a couple of days of rest, between long sleeps, played in Burraco and walks in Manhattan. The mind, however, already projected to the defense of the title of the US Open. “I can’t wait to play. I have some points on which I have to grow if I want to go far, in particular the service and the percentage of the former,” Sinner said at the beginning of the week. Today he showed up on the pitch again, in a roadmap that includes a gradual return to the top of the condition: The first roundin which Jannik will face the n.87 Kopriva, will be scheduled for Monday or Tuesday.

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