Sinner, world number one in tennis, is certainly not having a very good time. “He has a weakness.” And the fans are freezing
The last two Slams have not gone the way fans expected. Because getting to the semifinals anyway, or to the quarters of a major tournament, is not an easy thing and one that happens every year. That’s why some people started turning their noses up at Jannik’s first place in the ATP rankings.
He’s not thinking about it, he’s back to work ahead of the Paris Olympics which are now just around the corner, and he wants to keep improving. The margins are all there, and also the fact that he has no intention of quitting is definitely an important signal for the future. We will of course see what happens because it is always the court that speaks. In all of this, Boris Becker, just as he did a few days ago, commented at Sky microphones on Jannik’s performance, finding an important weakness.
Sinner, here is Becker’s commentary
“In the last year he has made great progress that has allowed him to win a Slam and hoist himself to the top of the world rankings. However I believe that there is a clear problem in the management of the fifth set.” Then, the former tennis champion continued in this way.
“When one of his opponents takes him to the fifth, he may have this belief: the longer I can stretch the match, the better my chances against Jannik. The reasoning is completely different with Alcaraz, because by never losing in the fifth he has an opposite mental reflex than in the case of Sinner. He will have to work to improve the performance in the deciding fraction, especially to fight against the Spaniard in the majors.” These are the thoughts of the former tennis player, who then highlights the problem of the fifth set, the last one, the decisive one and the one to which very often it comes when facing two tennis players who are more or less at the same level. In short.