Tennis, Volandri: “Sinner in the fifth set is still not well enough understood”

Turin, Feb. 3 (LaPresse) – Sinner “still does not have a high enough number of matches to be able to say: ‘Now I get there and handle this situation because I know I have margin.’ He knows when to go into a sort of energy-saving mode, and he demonstrated that in the last indoor tournaments of last season, where physically he had a very low energy level. But in my opinion, he still does not know himself well enough when he reaches the fourth or fifth set, so he still does not know how to manage himself.” This was said by Davis Cup captain Filippo Volandri on SuperTennis, commenting on the Italian’s semifinal loss at the Australian Open against Novak Djokovic. According to the director of the Italian Open, Paolo Lorenzi, Jannik is “on another level compared to Alcaraz and many other players, and I think this makes a difference in the long run. His career can become very long,” he explains, “and Djokovic proved it, reaching a Slam final at 39 years old for what he has done in the last 10 or 15 years. Then, as he showed after the Roland Garros final, Jannik is always able to make a leap in quality after big losses or disappointments. I believe Jannik has a quality in improving on details that, apart from Nole, I had never seen,” Lorenzi concluded.