Jannik Sinner analyzes victory over Wawrinka with honest words
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For the third consecutive year Jannik Sinner reaches the round of 16 at the US Open. The Italian finds many more difficulties than expected, does not offer an extraordinary performance and wins by suffering in four sets against an excellent Stan Wawrinka, a tennis player he has repeatedly beaten during this season.Jannik is happy with this success and there is the awareness that a possible victory in the next round against Alexander Zverev would bring the Italian for the first time in his career into the world Top 5, within the greatest.At the press conference, Sinner spoke about many topics and made interesting statements, explaining: “It was a very difficult game and it’s always very difficult to play against him.
Let’s say that both he and I know each other better and this is important. this time I felt it was different than other times. Furthermore, the wind created problems for me, but in the end I think I managed the situation well.
He did well with his serve and with his backhand, he also didn’t feel the fatigue and played well. But I was aware that he worked a lot in the previous matches and could go down a bit, in the end I only thought about myself.”
Sinner and meeting Seal and Zverev
Sinner then analyzed the match by revealing: “The singer Seal? We’ve known each other for two years and it’s not the first time he’s come here, he’s incredible and he’s a nice person to be with, very kind indeed.
After all, it’s nice to share moments other than tennis with people like that, we don’t just talk about tennis but also something else. Service? Today I felt it well and in the important moments I did even better. I am aware that I can improve and that I have to raise my level from this point of view.
Especially on the second one I had some problems, it was slow and I didn’t like how it went. Then every match has its own story, let’s see how it goes next time.”Talking about the match against Zverev, Sinner said: “Sascha is serving very well, he’s physically strong and I know it’s tough. It’s not easy because I haven’t faced him for a long time.”