“Record? Let’s make it clear once and for all” – Libero Quotidiano

south field Jannik Sinner he has his work to do, he is currently in Melbourne and is preparing to face the home wild card Tristan Schoolkate, Australian and number 173 ATP, in the second round of the Australian Open. In court, however, the work is long-term and we will have to wait until April 16th and 17th to know the sentence, in the closed hearing, that the CAS of Lausanne will issue on the appeal made by Wada on the Clostebol case which concerns the tennis player from Sesto Pusteria. All this, despite the fact that the ITIA has already acquitted the Italian, confirming that he had “no fault and no negligence”.

The now 91-year-old was interviewed on the topic by GR Parliament Nicola Pietrangeli appeared cryptic: “If I speak I know, if I don’t speak I don’t know… in this case it’s better to stay silent. So many people are involved… and since it’s a very sensitive topic everyone pretends they know. The real truth is that in my opinion I don’t not even baby Jesus knows. I hope nothing happens, it’s already strange that if there is something it will be judged months later.” On Nick Kyrgios’ hate media campaign against Sinner, which was followed by a ruinous elimination in Melbourne in the first round, the former DAVIS champion Pietrangeli regrets: “It’s a shame he was eliminated, he was certainly a good ‘subject’ for the ATP tour. Why? Apart from that he’s strong, but he’s a bit of a mess, a strange character.”

As for the character Sinner, however, Pietrangeli annoys the cinema: “He resembles a character from western films on whom there is a bounty of five thousand dollars to kill him… everyone wants to beat him”. In the end, however, what matters is the comparison and therefore the question always focuses on who is the stronger between him and Sinner. Pietrangeli, this time, isn’t in it: “The records, so it is Let’s make this clear once and for alland, they are made to be beaten. He pulled me down from the throne a bit, that’s without a doubt and it’s normal. But making comparisons is stupid because the judgment on Sinner should only be given at the end of his career, as well as the counting of his records. And then everyone is good in their era. Nobody can say how many slams he will win – concluded Pietrangeli – and it would be stupid to even do so… he is just 23 years old, how can you already quantify his successes? You can’t make predictions and this also applies to much more serious things.”