Jannik, who will make his debut in Paris on Monday or Tuesday against the Frenchman Tabur: “Intense period, I’m still recovering, but better to win and be tired. The heat? It can create problems, but the ball travels faster and favors me”
Applause for the king. There is no corner of Roland Garros in which Sinner can move freely: they look for him, they want him, they ask him for selfies and autographs. And then thousands of them find themselves on the Central to watch the training with the Argentine Baez, who despite a relaxed atmosphere gets very few points. A relaxed Jannik after the hit and run in his mountains: “I went to my parents for a couple of days. I stayed there and came back on Thursday, during the day. I’m trying to recover a little, I’m still trying to recover and I hope to be ready for the first round.”
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He will make his debut on Monday or Tuesday against the Frenchman Tabur, the start of a path that should lead him, according to the predictions and his hopes, to win the last Slam that he still lacks. Not favored: more. The triumphal march of the last two months, the 5 Masters 1000 wins and the 29 matches in a row tell it better than anything else: “It’s been a very long but very positive period. You know, I’m lucky to be in this position. I think it’s always better to win and start to feel tired rather than feeling very good but losing after a couple of rounds. I try to find a good balance now on the training field, between pushing, also understanding when to push, and then I hope to be ready for the first matches round. I’m very happy to be back here. It’s a very special tournament, I think the emotion also helps you find a little more energy during the tournament.” But as per the house’s philosophy, we think about one obstacle at a time: “It’s clear, you always take a look at the scoreboard, but I always look at the match I have to play, not the ones that will come. And even in training I don’t imagine the whole route, otherwise you’re in the match mood for the whole tournament and it’s not good.” He is welcomed in Paris by already summer temperatures that should last for at least a week: “At Indian Wells I think I got used to the heat, these are conditions that can create problems but at the same time they allow the ball to travel faster and therefore favor me. However, I still have four days to get used to and be ready.” He will return to Centrale a year after the three failed match points in the final against Alcaraz: “In any case it will be a special feeling. As I said, it is a very special tournament for me, and it has improved more and more from year to year, and last year I came very close to winning it. But the sensations and the connection with the public were very beautiful. Lots of children, which I really like to see. Yes, it was also very nice to go up the stairs, to enter the pitch for training. And of course I still think about it. to what happened, but I still have very positive feelings.”
