A historic achievement arrived at the first light of dawn here in Italy. Jannik Sinner defeated 3-1 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals at the Australian Open thus obtaining the pass for the final. A result welcomed with great clamor in our country, which is following with great enthusiasm the journey of the ATP number 4, who is bringing the tricolor to the roof of Australia, a Grand Slam. Given the magnitude of the triumph, which left no room for a giant like Nole, there was no shortage of compliments for the South Tyrolean. From Pietrangeli to Berrettini, here are all the reactions.
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Pietrangeli: «Sinner the man to beat»
Virtually shaking hands with the class of 2001 was Nicola Pietrangeli, former Italian tennis player and the only one to have won two Grand Slam tournaments: «Sinner is a phenomenon, he is the new man, the young man to beat and for a while it will be so. If he continues as he is doing now, it will be trouble for the others». Thus, the athlete with the most matches played and won in the Davis Cup commented on the victory in Melbourne: «I expected it, since I had bet a drink that Sinner would have won. He seems like someone who has been winning every match for 50 years - continues Pietrangeli -. Me have it against him? It's a nonsense. I say that instead Jannik is really strong, already now at the level of the first two-three in the world. I repeat, he will become the man to beat: for me he is superman and against him there will be few».
These words were also joined by colleagues and teammates. Starting with Berrettini, who joked with the twenty-two year old congratulating him with a «Good job», while Sonego commented on the victory with: «You deserve it». Musetti expressed his state of mind: «Fear», for the abilities of the 2001 tennis player who defeated one of the best in circulation. Fognini and Vavassori, who will be engaged in the final in doubles in Melbourne, showed their closeness to the tennis player by sharing images of Jannik with his fists raised in sign of victory.
Barazzutti: «Now he is the strongest in the world, in the final as a favorite»
«From the last matches played against Djokovic I realized that Nole's dominance was waning and today I had confirmation. Jannik does nothing but improve, technically and physically and Nole can't keep up with him anymore. Now Sinner is the strongest player in the world». Thus to Adnkronos the former Italian Davis Cup captain Corrado Barazzutti. «The Serbian is the greatest player in the history of the game but he is not superman, the years also pass for him and it seems to me that Sinner has now put the arrow and is in the overtaking lane - underlines the former world number 7 -. The future is Sinner's who is in continuous growth and in the next years of Slam finals he will play many». «He arrives in the final as a favorite, especially if he should face Medvedev, on whom he has the psychological advantage of having won the last three direct confrontations. Zverev can be more dangerous but Jannik arrives at the maximum on this occasion, with a fierce determination and cannot let this great opportunity slip away. He must return to Italy with the title», concludes Barazzutti.This article is automatically translated