Jannik had already had problems in Cincinnati in August and accused Crampi in Beijing. But according to Paolo Bertolucci he does not have to stop
It is becoming a merciless sport, tennis. And if in a tournament played at 30 degrees with 80-90 % of humidity as in Shanghai the retreats follow one another and Even Jannik Sinner has to raise the white flagThen it means that these heroes are being wondered too much. That then mythological heroes are not and not even machines, even if for Sinner this adjective is often used above all for its ability to plan everything and improve its tennis. Retires, ailments in the field, impossibility of finishing the games. There is a limit and if you exceed here is a bad image for raw and raw Sinner who cannot stand, leans on the racket Like an elderly, it does like a stick. Yet we are talking about the number two in the world, of a super trained professional who takes care of every detail. Yet he too pushed the engine too much and something broke.
Programming and precedents
Perhaps he should have stopped before, the signals had already arrived from the Beijing tournament and Shanghai was even warmer and even more humid. Revolutioning the ribbon of the match with Griekspoor Tallon The four break balls had in his favor on the 4-3 of the second set would probably have closed the game and maybe removed the cramps. Sometimes in tennis it is a matter of moments, everything runs around a point in favor or against. And the prolongation in the third set certainly did not do well at the South Tyrolean. Then there was also the rule of the Federation that does not consider cramps such a serious situation that he can ask for the interruption, so much so that the intervention of the physiotherapist who massaged Jannik was granted only for the minute of suspension between the game. Too little. The alarm was already played twice this season for Sinner: The retreat to Cincinnati In August for a gastroenteritis and then The cramps in Beijing. And first in January The problems in Melbourne with runes e Last year in Wimbledon With Medvedev.
Reactions
The heaviest was Holger Rule, Very hard towards ATP for too compressed calendars: “Do you want the dead man to run away?”. The provocation of the Danish is certainly exaggerated also because players can choose the tournaments to be played and very often it is the attraction for money to push them even beyond their limits. On Repubblica Former tennis player Paolo Bertolucci invited Sinner not to stop: “It can happen, it is a painful but not serious problem. It happens when playing in those conditions, then tennis has become brutal. Much less technical and more physical. And the organizers want the best and distribute much money. Sinner does not have to stop, he has already been stopped three months this year, he must continue to play”.
