Tomorrow at 7pm on Centrale the debut against Ofner. The world number one is not registered for grass tournaments before the London Slam
An hour’s training on court 5 of the Foro Italico, which has now become the one where the most people flock, even if in the meantime Nole Djokovic is on the court on the Centrale. Everyone is crazy about Jannik Sinner and Roma is preparing tomorrow (at 7pm) for the debut of the world number one on Centrale against Ofner. The red on the clay is doing great, after the triumphs of Monte Carlo and Madrid he is only missing Rome among the ATP 1000 tournaments and after the final lost last year against Carlos Alcaraz, this year the South Tyrolean has the great opportunity of not finding his number one rival. But beyond the absence of the Spanish rival Jannik arrives in Rome in great shape: the final in Madrid against Aleksander Zverev, the number three in the world, was the demonstration of how far the entire tennis world is from the two “phenomena” Sinner and Alcaraz. Training with Flavio Cobolli, entertained the Roman public who had already witnessed Jannik’s performances on Thursday and again on pitch 5.
No grass until Wimbledon
How much Sinner is focused on Rome and Paris, where last year he lost on both occasions to Alcaraz, is also demonstrated by the fact that Sinner He is not registered for any grass tournament before Wimbledon. So he and his staff have planned a three-week stoppage, so much time passes between the end of Roland Garros and the start of the London tournament. At the moment therefore Sinner is not included in the Halle entry list, the tournament that he won two years ago and which last year saw him go out in the second round against Sasha Bublik. Those were the difficult days immediately after the painful defeat in the final at Roland Garros, when he had served for the tournament, and in the same days the South Tyrolean had chosen to change the medical team, ending the relationship with Marco Panichi and Ulises Badio. This time for Sinner a well-deserved rest, a few days off and then arriving in London a little early to prepare for the defense of the title.
