“You are stronger than me,” says Jannik to the Bielorussa at the end of 10 ‘of exchanges of great intensity
“Jannik, it’s up to you.” Sinner is making his first break after 20 ‘work with the racket when Aryna Sabalenka jokingly invades his field. It will be the first day air of pre -school that you breathe to Wimbledon, with the players for the first time all together on the fields of the Aorangi pavilion, the most reserved part of the All England Club, but the number 1 of the women’s tennis ranking has decided that it wants a challenge against the best in the world in male tennis. And Jannik satisfies her.
the challenge
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They are 10 ‘of increasingly intense exchanges, not a courtesy between numbers 1 but a real challenge. Each of the two has a tube with balls placed towards the bottom line and those who hit it first forces the other staff to make flexions. Sabalenka, who had started working about an hour earlier on field 3, separated by a path from Sinner’s, and had already invaded with a smile on the lips and the desire to disturb colleagues and colleagues the nearby fields strikes first, then the rhythm rises in a duel between numbers 1 of which the twenty people on the terrace just above the field follow exchange after exchange. .
The Belarusian affects the tube a second time, the Sinner staff pays pledge and she is tired approaches the net. “You are stronger than me,” he says to her as he goes to greet her. “I would like” she replies while trying to resume her breath. Then after a hug with Sinner and a greeting between staff the number 1 in the world leaves. And number 1 resumes for another hour to prepare his assault on Wimbledon in the mini details
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