Sinner, there is nothing to be done: he was stronger than he was. What happened confirms the fact that opposites attract.
Not even time to land that he was already on the field for a dutiful winter preparation call. He wasted no time, Jannik Sinner, upon his arrival in California. He could have indulged in some relaxation to work off the jet lag, but he didn’t: he went right back to work, rather, with Umberto Ferrara, the man who step by step is transforming his body and making it more functional for tennis.
Awaiting for him in Indian Wells, after being separated for exactly one month, was Darren Cahill. The one who won’t be sitting in his box in the California desert, however, is Simone Vagnozzi, who took a short break after his Australian exertions and the Rotterdam trip. The three will be reunited, however, in time for the Miami Masters 1000, which will begin immediately after the tournament kicks off on March 5. Everything has been studied to the millimeter, in short, so that even across the Ocean the South Tyrolean can continue his extraordinary ride to success. And conquer, perhaps, the second place in the Atp ranking, the possibility of Jannik overtaking the defending champion Carlos Alcaraz being more concrete than ever.
It is difficult to predict whether he will succeed in this other feat as well. It does not depend, on the other hand, only on his willpower or physical condition. Above all, it depends on the Iberian, who despite being back from a string of matches played somewhat under the weather is still the phenomenon who has already won 2 Slams and upset the balance of the world ranking.
Sinner, no way: he’s stronger than him
Sinner is also a phenomenon, though. And not just on the court, but in life. So much so that, in the last few hours, despite not having played, he has managed the miraculous feat of breaking another record
Although his Instagram profile is very institutional and not very active, the San Candido native has reached 2.3 million followers and is thus, for all intents and purposes, the most popular blue tennis player on social media. He has clearly detached, by now, Matteo Berrettini, who has “only” 1.6 million supporters. And he is far behind even the significantly lower numbers of Lorenzo Sonego and Lorenzo Musetti.
It will be a while, of course, before he reaches the heights touched by Rafael Nadal, who is followed by 21 million people, and Novak Djokovic, who boasts a whopping 14.5 million followers. Post that Jannik may not have great claims, since he has always said he does not like social media. And it is indeed true, then, that opposites attract.