Jannik Sinner is commonly considered as one of the most interesting prospects in tennis. Jannik possesses incredible coordination mixed with a stunning easy-power. Also, the Italian ace is impressive for his capacity to play close to the baseline so as not to give much timing to his opponents.
Who is Jannik Sinner’s coach Riccardo Piatti?
The 19-year-old also has the luxury of being guided by well-known coach Riccardo Piatti that had the opportunity of training top players such as Ivan Ljubičić, Novak Djokovic, Richard Gasquet and Maria Sharapova. It’s worth stressing that Riccardo coached Djokovic when he was 17 and 18 and they parted ways because the Italian didn’t want to coach the Serbian sensation on a full-time basis.
Piatti and Sinner share a special relationship and they have worked a lot during the global lockdown. When asked about Jannik’s progress during those specific moments, Riccardo sounded very optimistic. Piatti said that they reviewed a lot of videos of Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, and Rafael Nadal especially when they were teenagers so as to relate with them and study their evolution. In addition, Riccardo revealed that the most important moments that he wanted to show to Jannik were when the big3 were struggling during their matches and how they found the solution to win. Piatti stressed that those are the critical moments when you can identify if a player is really a good one.
Piatti’s optimism about Sinner
In the following video, Piatti expressed his optimism for Sinner’s chance to shine when the tours would be back. He said that the youngster may have a moment of fine-tuning at the very beginning, but the following 6 months should be very good for him.
Indeed, Piatti was absolutely right. Jannik had an extremely disappointing run in New York where he crashed out in the 1st rounds of both the Western & Southern Open and the US Open. In truth, Jannik lost a heartbreaker in the 1st round of the American slam after he was leading Karen Khachanov 2 sets to 0 before losing 3-6 6-77 6-2 6-0 7-64 also because he was struggling with cramps. Things started to go much better in Rome, where he reached the 3rd round after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas on the way.
In Paris, Jannik became the 6th youngest player in the last 25 years to reach the second week. He will face the US Open runner-up Sascha Zverev in the 4th round and no one will be surprised if the Italian beats the world no.7. The sky is the limit.
Sinner at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2020
Now the world no.75, the Italian has a 10-11 win-loss record in 2020. Sinner is now playing at the French Open where he overcame David Goffin 7-5 6-0 6-3, Benjamin Bonzi 6-2 6-4 6-4 and Federico Coria 6-3 7-5 7-5.
Zverev at the French Open, ranking, and results in 2020
Now the world no.7, Alexander has a 15-7 win-loss record in 2020. Alexander is playing at the French Open where he ousted Dennis Novak 7-5 6-2 6-4, Pierre-Hugues Herbert 2-6 6-4 7-65 4-6 6-4 and Marco Cecchinato 6-1 7-5 6-3.
Zverev was the runner-up at the U.S. Open.
Zverev won 11 titles in his career: 3 on hard courts, 5 on clay courts and 3 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
