The blue champion: “I put aside the friendship with Luca for two hours. I want to show myself that I can also play well on the grass”
Good first. Jannik Sinner put “friendship aside for two hours” to liquidate Luca Nardi 6-4 6-0 in an hour and 48 ‘and inaugurate his 2025 with a success in Wimbledon. “The matches of the first round are never easy but I am very happy with how this went – he said -. Obviously the Italian tennis to have had two of us a little unfortunate, but for me it went well”.
raise
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The one against Nardi was the third game of Jannik on the grass, the first after the disappointment of the elimination from Bublik to Halle (the Kazakh was immediately eliminated here) and the first in a Slam after the sensational final of Roland Garros against Carlos Alcaraz. “The last month was not easy in some aspects, but in others it was beautiful – Sinner confessed -. Many things happened, I would never have thought of playing a final of a slam like that. But now I am here, I am here to show myself also that I am able to play well also on the grass. of good tennis, so let’s see what I will be able to do. ”
service
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Sinner has worked a lot on the service in these training days at the All England Club. Against Nardi has closed with 9 ace and with 34 points out of 38 with the first service, also touching 220 km/h. He will not yet have John Isner’s service, one of those Darren Cahill has revealed Jannik is studying, but the improvements have been seen. “I would like to have John’s service – said the number 1 in the world -. I am trying to improve, and it is normal to do it by looking at the others. At the moment I feel comfortable with mine: in the week I worked so much on the preparation of the service, starting with slowing down the pace. In this first game it went well, especially with the first. I am happy with the progress, but we must continue to improve”.
Next Step
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Thursday in the second round Alex Vukic awaits him, Australian number 93 of the ranking who in the first round won 6-3 6-4 4-6 7-6 (5) against Tseng Chun-Hsin. Liquidated Nardi, Sinner is already focused on the next goal. “He has a great service and an excellent straight, and then he has nothing to lose, isn’t he? – he told about the next opponent -. It is another factor that does not make me things easy, who forces me to raise the level. I have to play in my own way and let’s see what happens”.
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