Jannik Sinner

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[11] Jannik Sinner d. [32] Alex de Minaur 7‑6(3) 6‑3 6‑4

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How Berrettini & Sinner Are Pushing Italian Tennis Renaissance To Historic Heights

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Team Italy failed to reach the semi-finals at the ATP Cup to start 2022, but it was only a matter of time before Italians made their mark on the new season. Matteo Berrettini and Jannik Sinner have not taken long to do just that.

Both Berrettini and Sinner are into the Australian Open quarter-finals, where they have a chance to make more history for their country. If both men advance to the last four, it will be just the second time that multiple Italian men have reached the semi-finals at the same Grand Slam. The last time that happened was 1960 at Roland Garros, where Nicola Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola achieved the feat. No Italian duo has done it in the Open Era.

But perhaps what is most interesting about Berrettini and Sinner is their unique games, paths and personalities. In some ways they are similar — both men have powerful games and the utmost respect from their peers on and off the court. However, they are not carved from the same Italian stone.

Stefanos Tsitsipas, who will play Sinner in the quarter-finals, compared the two Italians.

“I would consider Matteo more of a heavy server than Jannik, meaning that he does generate more power and more precision with his serve and gets more free points from his serve than Jannik,” Tsitsipas said. “Jannik, I would consider [the] more talented player from the baseline. [He] looks like he's very relaxed when he's playing. Doesn't show much tension when he's out there. Pretty cold-blooded in comparison with Matteo, who looks a little bit more emotional.”

Matteo Berrettini, Jannik Sinner
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That was not in any way a slight of Berrettini. In terms of personalities, Berrettini is closer to fire and Sinner is nearer to ice. Berrettini is quicker to let out a big roar and a fist pump than Sinner, who remains closer to a flatline through the highs and lows of a match.

In their tennis, Berrettini's game is based on his huge serve and forehand, which he follows to the net when possible. Sinner is a better returner, hits big off both wings and stays on top of opponents from the baseline.

Paolo Lorenzi, the recently retired Italian who has known both men since their early days on Tour, said that first and foremost they "are really good guys and I think that is one of the most important things".

"I think that Jannik is a little bit more shy than Matteo, but then of course when you know him better, he jokes and has good fun. They also have a lot of things in common because they are both hard workers, they’ve had the same coach for many years and they’re becoming good friends," Lorenzi added. "I think the Davis Cup and ATP Cup helped them a lot because they are both obsessed with tennis and they both want to win a Grand Slam.

"When you have the same goal, you can become friends and learn from each other."

Matteo has praised his countryman's maturity.

“Jannik is so young, but at the same time he’s so much older. He knows how to have fun, but how to put the work in at the same time,” Berrettini said. “I think what he’s doing is impressive, but I think it comes from his attitude and the way he goes through things. He’s really mature in that way, and that’s one of the reasons he’s getting crazy results.”


In a way, Berrettini, who will play Gael Monfils in the quarter-finals, has carved the path for Sinner to follow through. After Fabio Fognini became the third Italian man to crack the Top 10 of the ATP Rankings in 2019, Matteo quickly followed later that year following his run to the US Open semi-finals. He has not dropped from the Top 10 since.

By advancing to the last eight at Melbourne Park, the 25-year-old Berrettini has now made at least the quarter-finals at all four majors. One more win would put him in joint second for most Slam semi-finals in history among Italian men alongside Adriano Panatta.

“It means that I'm doing great stuff, which I never believed I could do when I was younger. I always remember being here, playing the juniors and thinking maybe I'm gonna play qualies. I don't know,” Berrettini said. “So it's a good feeling.”

It is easy to forget, but Sinner is just 20, and he reached the Top 10 last November. When Berrettini was that age, he had never been inside the world’s Top 500.

Sinner spent much of his early years focussing on more than one sport. Hailing from San Candido, near the Austrian border, he was one of the best skiers of his age in all of Italy. But once Jannik turned his focus to tennis in his early teens, he has not looked back. Even now, Sinner is fully focussed on the future and most importantly, improving every day.

After Team Italy was eliminated from the ATP Cup, the World No. 10 gave a very veteran answer when a reporter asked what his plans were for the week ahead of the Australian Open.

"I don't know yet," Sinner said, before cracking a smile. "But I think practice every day."

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Sinner: 'My Goal Is To Play Many Matches Likes This'

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Italian lost to Tsitsipas in straight sets

Jannik Sinner revealed he will take the positives out of his run to the quarter-finals at the Australian Open after his tournament was ended by Stefanos Tsitsipas on Wednesday.

The 20-year-old, who was making his third appearance in Melbourne, dropped just one set en route to his second major quarter-final and believes the experience can help him develop further.

“Of course, it's a positive tournament,” Sinner said in his post-match press conference. “I think that what I have to improve is the tennis in general. I have to serve better, I have to do everything more, especially when you play against the top guys.

“My goal is to play many matches like this, important matches against the best guys in the world, and then we see and then I grow. I think it was good. I played matches, and I had [a good] experience. Let's see next year what I do here.”

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The Italian won four tour-level titles in a standout 2021 season and was aiming for his second win against the fourth-seeded Greek. However, he was unable to match the intensity of Tsitsipas, praising his level.

“I think he played better than me today,” Sinner added. “He served better. He moved the ball better than me. He was moving better than me. It's tough to play against him when he plays like that.

“I couldn't generate the power that I would have wanted. I was trying to move him, but I was maybe a little bit too far back because he played incredible today.”

Sinner will next compete in Rotterdam, an ATP 500 indoor-hard event, at the start of February.

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Sinner Hires New Coach Vagnozzi, Pays Tribute To Piatti

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Italian is No. 10 in the ATP Rankings
Jannik Sinner over the past two days has announced he has split with longtime coach Riccardo Piatti and hired Simone Vagnozzi.

“Happy to announce I’ll be working with Simone Vagnozzi as my coach moving forward and he will be heading up my team," Sinner wrote Thursday. "Currently we have no plans to add any more team members at this time but we will review the situation as we go. Excited to get started on this new chapter, forza.”

Vagnozzi has previously worked with Italians Marco Cecchinato — who in 2018 reached the Roland Garros semi-finals — and Stefano Travaglia.

Sinner had worked with Piatti since his early teens. He moved from San Candido, near the Austrian border, to train at Piatti’s academy. Since then he has climbed as high as No. 9 in the ATP Rankings.

“After many successful years together, my coaching team and I have decided to part ways. I’d like to thank Riccardo, Dalibor, Claudio, Andrea, Cristian, and Gaia for everything they have done for me from the beginning of my career until now,” Sinner wrote Wednesday. “Riccardo especially, he taught me many things that will forever remain a part of my tennis.

“Many special memories were made and I’ll always look back on the time we spent together fondly.”

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Hurkacz & Sinner Aiming For First Title In 2022: Hubert Hurkacz and Jannik Sinner both enjoyed standout 2021 seasons, winning seven tour-level titles between them. They are both still searching for their first crowns in 2022 and will hope to triumph in Dubai. Fourth seed Sinner starts against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, while Hurkacz takes on Montpellier champion Alexander Bublik.

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Sinner Saves Three Match Points In Dubai Win

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Jannik Sinner came back from the brink at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday.

The fourth seed saved three match points in a nail-biting second-set tie-break to defeat Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-3 in the first round of the ATP 500 event.

“It was a very tough match,” said Sinner after completing the comeback. “I know him [Davidovich Fokina], but we’ve never played against each other. It was the first time for both of us and it was a tricky one, saving three match points. On the first one I got lucky because it was out, but not so far [out].”

Despite struggling for rhythm for much of the match, the World No. 10 upped his level late on to surge to victory in his first ATP Head2Head meeting with the Spanish World No. 43.

After a tight start Davidovich Fokina broke through late in the first set, converting the first break point of the match for 5-4 and then taking the set after Sinner sent a forehand long.


The match hinged on the second set tie-break. A previously under-par Sinner left it to the last possible moment to come out firing, reeling off five points in a row to recover from 6/3 down and force a third set.

The momentum shift was complete as the Italian kicked on in the decider. He secured a break for 4-2 before serving out for victory, letting out a roar of approval after converting his second match point. Sinner's comeback was powered by consistent serving, the five-time ATP Tour-titlist ending the match having won 78 per cent (46/59) of points behind his first delivery.

The Italian, who last week announced Simone Vagnozzi as his new coach, was pleased to continue his good form from January when he reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. “It was a great start to the season,” he said. “I played well in Australia, now I’ve had some time off, changed some things and obviously I always try to go on court and try to improve. That’s my main goal, so let’s see how it goes.”

Sinner, who made the quarter-finals in Dubai in 2021, now plays former World No. 1 Andy Murray in the second round. Murray won their only previous meeting in straight sets in Stockholm in November.

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