The first time historic for Italian tennis. TO 19 years and not even three months, Jannik Sinner wins the ATP 250 in Sofia and wins the first ATP title of his life, and he does it his way. By winning the first set, facing the inevitable difficulties in a match against an opponent – the Canadian Vasek Pospisil – who never gave up, but without ever losing your mind when so many boys of his age would have left the game.
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Smile and arms to the sky for the glacial Jannik, which closes 6-4 3-6 7-6 in 2 hours and 16 minutes and from next week to break into top 40 in the world. Sar number 37 (closed 2019 at 78, in 2018 it was 763!), but numbers are the thing that matters less now: what counts is the joy of a boy who a year ago he won the NextGen Finals and that in such a troubled year for tennis and not only has been able to give himself a joy and give it to hundreds of thousands of Italians glued to the TV. And that in 2021 it has no intention of stopping.
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Jannik is greeted at the awards ceremony by We Are the Champions and a shower of confetti (in the end it will play Simply the Best). Excited, but without half a word out of place, as usual. Sinner begins with compliments to the opponent: Congratulations to Vasek for this week. I hope next year is better for you and that you can do even better in 2021. It lasts for you today, but I hope I can still play tough matches. Then he turns to the his team that is supporting me every day, every workout, on and off the pitch. Never stop. I am happy to be here with you, to share this joy with you after all the work we have done. There is still a long way to go. Finally with the organization that made sure that this tournament could be played. And thanks to the public who pushed us so much and got noticed. Hope to be able to play here next year.
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Jannik Sinner, first triumph: the images of the victory over Pospisil
The final had started as best it could for Sinner, who after having touched the break already in the first game he had broken Pospisil’s serve on the second occasion helpful. Then a counterbreak ball canceled and never again a chance for the Canadian – who was also chasing the first ATP title, at 30 – to get back in the running for the first set. But in spite of the world number 74, Pospisil a tough nut to crack: break and counterbreak in the first two games of the second set, and another decisive break this time for Pospisil in the sixth game, in the most difficult moment of the afternoon of the Sesto phenomenon, who lost the last two return games to zero.
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The third and decisive set was a battle, which began with two break points canceled by the Italian: in the decisive part that Sinner won the point of the match, recovering a lob of Pospisil and closing with an extraordinary passerby to go 3-2. On the first point of the ninth game (the score was 4-4), then, the referee did overrule on a ball called out to Sinner, taking a lot of responsibility as Sofia does not expect the hawk-eye. This is how we arrivedThe tie-break, point to point, with Sinner having it managed in a masterly way, closing 7-3 without granting any mini break.
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Jannik is the youngest Italian to win an ATP tournament (Claudio Pistolesi’s record improved, which lasted from April 1987), the first player class 2001 to do it and the youngest since Nishikori’s triumph in 2008 at Delray Beach. To get us excited again, Sofia’s was a wonderful taste.
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November 14, 2020 (change November 14, 2020 | 18:28)
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