SougarLord Posted October 6, 2020 Posted October 6, 2020 The 19-year-old Italian, who knocked out Zverez in the round of 16, is the first rookie to reach the quarter-finals since Nadal himself in 2005 There is a starting point where Rafael Nadal and Jannik Sinner converge, who will meet this Tuesday (around 7:00 p.m., Eurosport) for the first time, in the quarter-finals of Roland Garros. The Italian is the first rookie in the tournament to reach this round since his opponent did in 2005, the year in which he won the first of his 12 titles. With his victory against Alexander Zverev, number seven in the world, the player born in San Candido, a town in northern Italy that borders Austria, in the heart of the Alps, already has three successes against top ten tennis players. At the age of 19, Sinner was quick to respond to the interest aroused after winning the Nextgen in 2019 at Milçan, which is like the ATP Finals for young tennis players. This freckled boy, who would still compete in a casting to play the original embryo of Daniel the Naughty, was going to be a skier, with outstanding results in his childhood stage, before at the age of 13 he was placed under the command of Ricardo Piatti, in his academy de la Burdighera, on the Italian Rivera. Also a soccer fan, Jannik followed family advice and chose to develop his talents with the racket alongside one of the most skilled coaches in recent decades. Illustrious names such as Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova drank from Piatti's teaching, as well as tennis players of the level of Milos Raonic, Richard Gasquet or Ivan Ljubicic. An admirer of Bode Miller and Roger Federer, Sinner made a quick transition from the lower stages to land early in future tournaments and challengers before making the leap to the professional circuit. You are already assured of jumping from 75th to 46th place. 1
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