The Italian Internationals 2024 they have entered their second week. There are still many issues surrounding the Rome tournament, which also involve the now imminent Roland Garros. Eurosport journalist Massimiliano Ambesi spoke at the usual daily event of Tennismania, the program in collaboration between OA Sport and Sport 2U.
Among the first topics addressed by Ambesi there’s the Novak Djokovic situationwith the unexpected elimination of the Serbian in the third round against the Chilean Tabilo: “I didn’t understand the reasoning of many about Djokovic’s voluntary defeat. I just can’t grasp the benefit of a forfeit defeat. They wrote to me pointing out that he is struggling to get into the match. The first games are always difficult for him to deal with. However, the body language is not that of the player we admired at the Turin finals, but also in Australia where in a match in which he was massacred by Sinner he invented a third set to get back into the match. There are starting to be some doubts and he will arrive in Paris with some uncertainties and with a difficult draw he might not even go very far.”
The Eurosport journalist speaks also of the matches of Nardi and Darderi: “I want to draw a parallel between what happened last night and Saturday. Darderi and Nardi lose two games, but they are two defeats that somehow feel like victory. Both play at a level that makes it clear that they can almost be on par with the big names. These two Italian boys have shown that they have what it takes to stay there.”
An opinion on the performance of the Italians in Rome: “Waiting for Napolitano’s match, which can shift the judgment in an even more positive way. With Sinner absent, with Musetti and Arnaldi debilitated, it was difficult to think of having an Italian in the quarter-finals. Many negative circumstances overlapped. Many very young boys have given an interesting sign of life and the men’s movement has proven to be absolutely alive.”
Also take a look at the double where they are present Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori: “Winning in Rome against Bopanna/Ebden would have a really great meaning, also for the public. By winning they would also get closer to the world top 20. Furthermore, Vavassori is the only one who has not yet turned thirty among the top twenty-eight in the rankings”.
On the favorite to win the Internationals: “I expressed my opinion on Zverev at the beginning of the tournament. Darderi put him in difficulty in many situations of the match, but he proved that he was very solid and could get to the end“.
Important news about Sinner’s injurywhich give rise to hope for the future: “Talking about a traumatic injury and even an injury suffered during dry training can be very positive, because the hopes of seeing him back on the pitch soon would be decidedly higher. However, you still have to wait the canonical four/five days to do the tests and evaluate whether it is truly traumatic. The fact that this rumor is starting to circulate is certainly positive.”
On becoming number one in the world: “It was physiological that Sinner could become world number one, given his performance after last year’s Roland Garros. It will be something historic for Italy. It won’t be the greatest achievement in Italian sport, but it certainly deserves a mention among the fifteen or twenty most important moments in Italian sport.”
TENNISMANIA SPECIAL INTERNATIONALS OF ITALY 2024
2024-05-13 12:30:33
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