Jannik Sinner, the 'natural born winner' who is inspired by Roger Federer.
It is the ATP tour that defines the 22-year-old Italian as a 'born winner' who won the Australian Open with naturalness but also a lot of quality and determination, while the reference to King Roger is the copyright of the Italian tennis player, today the protagonist of the traditional catwalk at the Royal Botanical Garden in Melbourne, complete with a newly won trophy.
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The Russian was beaten 3-2 (3-6/3-6/6-4/6-4/6-3).
The tribute from the Russian challenger: 'You deserved it, you will win other slams'.
Congratulations also from Djokovic.
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"My role model has always been Federer, not only for his class but for the way he presents himself: I still have a lot to do but the important thing is to surround myself with the best people and face everything with a smile", said Sinner, after admitting candidly that "I didn't sleep much, we were a little late after the match, but it's wonderful to be here to celebrate an incredible achievement".
Jannik Sinner is now returning to Italy, where on Thursday he is expected with all of Davis' teammates at the Quirinale, by Mattarella.
Landing tomorrow in Rome, in view of some personal commitments, perhaps even 'institutional' appointments.
Meanwhile, the organizers of the Marseille tournament, starting on February 5, have announced the cancellation: there is time to start the chase for world number 1, and above all, a bit of rest.
The blue had already rekindled the passion for tennis in Italy with the victories at the ATP Finals and the conquest of the Davis Cup but having won a slam title, 48 years after the last Italian, multiplies the enthusiasm and expectations but pressure too
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The blue is n.1 Pepperstone ATP Race (ANSA)
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"I'm the same as the day before yesterday - Sinner made a point of saying, before leaving for Italy -, I haven't changed. What I know is I will have to work even harder, because my opponents now know me well and I have to be prepared" .
Little room for distractions, therefore, so much so that yesterday after the victory he limited himself to a dinner out with his staff, while in Val Pusteria, and not only, he was celebrated.
He thinks about working, without looking at others: "I'm not thinking about Djokovic's ten titles here in Australia. He's from another series and I still have a lot to do", he reiterated, while on an upcoming changing of the guard at the top of tennis he didn't say too much: "It's difficult to predict what will happen, but I'm happy to be part of the new generation", the one that includes him and Alcaraz.
However, Sinner continues his climb to the podium in the world rankings.
At the moment he remains n.4, with 8310 points, but he has gained over 3000 on the Serbian n.1, 'only' 1,545 points away, and is just over 400 behind Daniil Medvedev, the Russian n.3 who he beat yesterday with a now historic comeback.
The blue is instead undisputed no.1 in the ranking which considers the seasonal results and marks the race to the ATP Finals in Turin.
And the city of the Mole itself pays homage to him, projecting his face onto the monument this evening and lighting the bridges over the Po in orange, the symbolic color of his fans.
And speaking of tributes and awards - having said that the final achieved the highest TV ratings ever for Eurosport, with an 18% share and over 1.9 million viewers with a peak of over 2.6 million at the match point -, upon returning to Italy Sinner will be at the center of commitments and celebrations, first of all the meeting at the Quirinale with the Head of State.
Today, Pope Francis remembered him, congratulating the Italians for their victory at the Australian Open.
While waiting for his return to Italy, he received the 'official' invitation to Sanremo from Amadeus, with a video on Instagram.
"You don't have to sing or dance, you just have to get the standing ovation from the entire Ariston theater and a big round of applause from all the Italians", says the presenter to overcome the doubts that Sinner would have expressed.
However, he won't be going to play in Marseille, and during the week of the festival.
The Pope: 'Congratulations to Italy for Sinner's victory'
Receiving today in an audience in the Vatican a delegation from the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the sports club, Pope Francis, 'off the cuff' before continuing his reflection, congratulated the Italians for the victory, yesterday at 'Australian Open, by Jannik Sinner.
This was reported by Vatican News.
It is also possible to draw life lessons from tennis, said the Pontiff, underlining in his speech in Spanish that sport offers opportunities "for the growth of every person and of society".
Francesco highlighted that in tennis, an individual or couple sport and not a team sport, "it would seem that the challenge between players has to do above all with the desire to prevail over the opponent", but "in reality, since its English origin , is an expression of the founders' openness to what good could come from the outside and to a dialogue with other cultures".
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"In tennis, as in life, we cannot always win
- he stated -, but it will be an enriching challenge if, by playing politely and according to the rules, we learn that it is not a fight but a dialogue that involves our effort and allows us to improve. Conceiving sport a little not only as combat but also as dialogue. There is a dialogue which, in the case of tennis, often becomes artistic."
For the Pontiff, this is a teaching on which to reflect more broadly, looking within oneself.
"On the playing field, as on that of existence, sometimes we feel alone, other times supported by those who play this game of life with us - he observed -. But, even when we play 'singles', we are always in the presence of the Lord who teaches us what respect, understanding and the need for constant communication with others means."
Finally, the Pope recommended taking human and spiritual development into consideration first and foremost when working with children in sport, "who dream of a sporting future of excellence", because "sport must help in this", and underlined that "the needs of training cannot prevail over their integral growth".
Hence the invitation to take care of the little ones, of those who "can benefit from the values of sport in complex social environments" and also of those who could be successful in high-level competitions.
For further information Agenzia ANSA Sinner: former coach 'already playing with a smile at the age of eight' - Tennis - Ansa.it "He exchanged his first balls with the teacher of his town: in the winter he was a ski instructor, in the summer a tennis instructor Until he arrived at our tennis school at the age of eight, with his historic Brunico teacher Heribert Mayr. (ANSA)
Spalletti: 'I want to talk to him to absorb humility and strength'
Luciano Spalletti plans to soon meet Jannick Sinner, the young tennis champion who has just won the Australian Open.
''I would like to speak to Sinner, he has that simplicity, humanity, that being a quiet boy who has made work and humility his greatest strength - commented the technical commissioner of the national team today in Coverciano where he collected the Bench of 'gold being the coach most voted by his colleagues - I will want to talk to this boy, there will be things to absorb from him from which we will all emerge stronger''.
For the Australian Open final peak of 2.6 million viewers on Euronews
Eurosport scores the best result ever with Jannik Sinner's triumphant victory at the 2024 Australian Open. The historic match was seen by 2 million spectators (1,914,000) with an 18% share (60% share pay) and a peak of over 2.6 million spectators (match point at 1.31pm).
In the broadcast slot, Eurosport is the 2nd national channel in terms of total audience after Rai 1.
In particular, the fifth and decisive set totaled 2.4 million spectators with over 15% share.
The summary of the match on channel Nove at 6pm was followed by 576 thousand viewers with a 3.8% share (peak of 961 thousand viewers), making the channel the 5th nationally during the broadcast slot.
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