Tennis, Bertolucci: “Paolini Nuova Regina. But his victory comes from afar”

There is a new queen in Rome and it is Italian: an extraordinary success that enhances a humble girl and with a great ethics of work, capable of exalting itself in all types of battle and able to make up for talent, intelligence and a great athletic condition with a physique certainly not comparable to those of the great saggers of today today. But the real difference that marks the distances between Paolini and the rest of the competition is his enormous knowledge of all the tactical and strategic shades of tennis. Jasmine certainly has a brilliant game, complete in the basic fundamental, carried out in push and with a constant search for an offensive position that can create an immediate advantage in the control of exchanges, combined with a rhythm always under pressure, yet it is his ability to always find a plan B who brought it into the elite of the world ranking. To all this is combined with great speed of legs that allows it to be an extraordinary coverage of the field, with a perfect garrison of the most insidious corners. That Paolini was a top player was already acclaimed, so that he does not reach the number 4 of the world and the finals of Roland Garros and Wimbledon if you do not have the fabric of the Vaglia champion, but winning in Rome for an Italian player is something that remains for all your life and gives you a trust and an awareness that only the biggest triumphs can match. In short, Jasmine’s feat at the Foro Italico is certainly not a surprise: if anything, it must be remarked how the Tuscan champion has exceeded the change of coach without trauma and quickly, which could certainly have deduced the technical certainties.

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Obviously, a consideration deserves the opponent defeat in the final: the Gauff disappointed me once more, demonstrating rather incomprehensible game and head limits for a player who in any case has already won a Slam and today dates back to number two in the world. The American certainly has a very remarkable athletic qualities that however do not combine with the most purely tennis qualities: the service is too high, the straight suffers when the rivals manage to propose other rotations that are not only the blow of power and the free errors represent a cross that risks condemning it many other times in the most delicate and important matches. Of his confusion, even mental (he did not see reaction when in the second set the game was getting out of hand), Jasmine took advantage of the great, and confirming once his strategic qualities. But what can it mean for Paolini success to the international ones? Certainly, a full of trust in view of Roland Garros, where he will defend the final reached a year ago. With the current panorama that proposes competition, our player can certainly aspire to repeat the journey of a year ago. On the horizon, in fact, there are no opponents who are clearly superior to them. Starting from the Swiattek that defeated it in the final in 2024 and entered a negative spiral apparently without outlets: on earth the Polish to the maximum of the form would represent a perhaps unsurpassed obstacle, but at the moment there is even the possibility that the Parisian appointment can skip. The number one Sabalenka will certainly start with the favorite role, but not even she has the continuity that it can guarantee her a easy path towards the dreams of glory and if she does not find the day in which she manages to channel her power it can go into crisis, especially from the point of view of the management of emotions. For the rest, all the other rivals are within the reach of Paolini seen in Rome. Which also has the opportunity to keep the adrenaline high with the double together with the formidable and eternal Sara Errani: in the meantime, today it can confirm the Roman title of a year ago and indulge in another historical day. Through the Jasmine specialty he refined the qualities of attack player, inserting the flight game between his weapons. But with the success at the Forum, Jasmine has entered a different dimension, which can allow her to face every future appointment with serenity: with her tenacity, with her will; With his work ethics, an important role has already been conquered in the history of Italian tennis.