Tennis, Sinner calls Musetti: ‘I would like to challenge you’

After the victory against Gaston, the South Tyrolean applauds Lorenzo: “I’d like to play against him to understand where I am”

Jannik and Lorenzo. The two faces of Italian tennis. Yesterday Musetti overtook Mmoh, tonight Sinner got rid of the French Gaston in two sets and a round hour. The two 19-year-olds, the youngest players in the top 100, are driving the tennis world crazy. We are lucky enough to have the most promising talents of the future. They would be old enough to go out together for a pizza, but they chase each other around the globe to hit balls. “We don’t know each other well – said Jannik, fresh as a squad after the second round match -. We met a couple of times, we exchanged a few words. I’d like to get to know him better since we are the same age ”.

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Match against

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Musetti had expressed the desire to train together in Miami, but at the moment the two have not yet managed to organize themselves: “Yes it would be nice to train together – said Jannik -, but what I really can’t wait to do is face him in an important match (they had crossed paths in the qualifiers of the 2019 Internationals; ed). To understand how he moves on the pitch, how he is in the game, see at what level I am against someone like him ”. Two completely different styles, theirs: “It’s true, we are very different, in terms of character and game. He hits the ball very hard, he is very good at moving it, at changing. I still have to learn and in this he is perhaps now a better player than me ”. Italian tennis is also in an extraordinary moment thanks to them, with nine Italians in the top 100: “We shoot each other, it’s beautiful. And when we are at a slam we are practically 10 percent of those present. A beautiful showcase for Italy “.

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Karen again

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At the next round another intersection, the third in less than a year with Karen Khachanov. Between them there are always very long matches: “By now we know each other well. He is very solid and I think that this time too it will be a very difficult match. It’s hot, it’s windy. For now we are 1-1, let’s see who will take the lead this time ”.

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