Paris – Jannik Sinner is not going to play the Paris Olympics. He was the favourite for 2 gold medals, seeded number one within the singles and doubles attracts that can begin on Saturday on the courts of Roland Garrosand as an alternative he needed to cease in entrance of two infected tonsils. Sick, debilitated, withdrawn, no journey to Paris«we hope to see you once more in 4 years at The Angels».
Conspiracy theorists unleashed
Right here ends the story of the primary nice Italian disappointment of the Paris Olympics and as an alternative begins every little thing that Sinner’s retirement instantly grew to become: a remorse for all these followers who hoped to have a tennis medal once more that was lacking in 1924, when in Paris the Baron Uberto de Morpurgo gained the one and solely bronze in our historical past. A chance for conspiracy theorists and for all those that Sinnerwhether or not due to his South Tyrolean accent or as a result of he lives in Monte Carlo, they’ve by no means cherished him: social media was filled with images of him on the seaside a number of days in the past along with his companion, the Russian tennis participant Anna Kalinskaya with feedback like: “However earlier than a very powerful match of the 12 months, would not or not it’s a good suggestion to keep away from ‘catching a chilly,’ as my grandmother used to say?”
The brand new plans for tennis
The absence of Sinner clearly adjustments plans and prospects for males’s tennis right here on the Olympics (at present the draw of the Roland Garros draw: Paolini and Errani within the entrance row among the many girls). All hopes are on Lorenzo Musetti, he too was on the seaside, in Salento, after the semi-final of Wimbledon however he’s doing very properly (he’s proving it in Umag). In doubles, subsequent to him, rather than Jannik, there shall be Luciano Darderi, a stable Italian-Argentine, whereas in singles the free slot has been taken by Andrea Vavassori207 on this planet however already in Paris as a result of at this level he turns into the principle favorite along with Simone Bolelli within the doubles draw.
Somebody had hoped that the field Sinner might be stuffed by Matthew Berrettiniin dazzling type (yesterday one more victory in Kitzbühel towards the Chilean Tabilo) however the guidelines don’t permit it. And in entrance of that even a probably extraordinary Olympic story (the champion rediscovered, on the sector on the final second because of an accident of a colleague) should cease.
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– 2024-07-25 09:12:24
