After the victory in Paris Jannik goes on the field for the first time in the Piedmontese capital, on the same day as the Spaniard
The countdown towards the long-awaited debut of the reigning champion continues. Between Sunday (most likely) and Monday Jannik Sinner will play his first match at the 2025 ATP Finals. As the No. 2 seed, but as the most awaited protagonist. The Italian has already arrived in Turin, signing autographs and releasing selfies, yesterday. But after allowing himself one last day off to dedicate himself to some charity activities, the time soon came to pick up the racket again and get back on the court. The two days of rest that he announced after winning the Paris 1000 are already behind him.
first training
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Jannik’s familiarity with these fields, as demonstrated by the 9 out of 10 matches won in the last two editions, is very high. For his first training session, Italy’s no.1 chose Camp 2 of the Sporting Press Club. Training in the late afternoon also open to the public, who were able to closely admire the first dress rehearsals in view of these Italian ATP Finals. Which was greeted by applause and definitely full stands for a training session. An intense session, with many exchanges from the baseline, especially on the forehand, against the young Czech sparring Max Mrva in the first part. In the second, under the watchful eye of Cahill, Jannik was coached by Simone Vagnozzi himself, with various short ball tests.
alcaraz
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Today, among other things, his great rival, Carlos Alcaraz, who will be the No. 1 seed in the Finals, also arrived in Turin. The Spaniard, after the usual crowd of selfies and autographs, immediately took to the pitch to train. So first training on the same day for the top two players in the world. Carlitos took the field with outgoing finalist Taylor Fritz. First on the Sevastopol field, which is located at the entrance to the Inalpi Arena, and then moving on to a higher intensity, on the Centrale. All behind closed doors, against a possible direct opponent.
sinner’s words
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The ATP Finals theme is obviously central, for Jannik and all tennis, at this time of year. Sinner gave a long interview to Sky Sport, in which he was asked how he was preparing for the tournament. And above all if he expects yet another challenge with Alcaraz, which would be the seventh of the year counting the Six Kings Slam. This is the Italian’s response: “I don’t know (laughs, ed.)! It’s all unpredictable. It will be a very special edition regardless of what happens. We’ll prepare it in the best possible way: I’ll give all my physical and mental energies. The time has probably come to say that it’s the most important tournament of this year, even if I’ve done many things. I want to have fun, play in front of the Italian public who have always given me a lot of affection in Rome too. In Turin, however, it’s different: there are the eight best players in the world, so you’ll start strong straight away. It will be a very lively, tense show. We hope to be two Italian singles players and a good show.”
draw
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Sinner showed excellent sensations three days after the victory in Paris. Waiting to find out the first opponents in Turin: the draw will take place tomorrow at 12. Obviously the Italian will not be able to draw Carlos Alcaraz, as the Spaniard is seeded no.1. The composition of the groups will in fact proceed according to a schematic division into pairs. For each group, in addition to Jannik or Carlos, there will be one between numbers 3 and 4 Zverev and Djokovic, numbers 5 and 6 Shelton and Fritz, number 7 de Minaur and number 8. Which is not certain at the moment, given that Musetti can still overtake Auger-Aliassime, currently in eighth position, to win the last available spot at the ATP Finals. Therefore making the dream of seeing two Italian players protagonists in the singles at the Inalpi Arena in Turin come true. Sinner is waiting for him.
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