Sinner, Operation Slam starts at dawn

A dawn in front of the screen dreaming of an encore. The early mornings of a year ago had become paving stones on the road to the Slam branded Sinner. Tomorrow we start again: after taking the blow of the scorching Australian summer, ("I went from the snow at home to 40 degrees") here is the debut-truth for Jannik. Four in the morning (Italian time): the match of the Italian - in the daytime session - is the second scheduled on the Rod laver arena. The challenge with Jarry will not be played before that time (live on Eurosport 1 and 2, in addition to the Discovery+, Sky Go, Now and Dazn platforms) but it already promises to be a fireworks display with volleys. The Chilean, from a height of two meters and more, throws uncatchable serves, which risk sending the world number one off rhythm. On the other side is the 23-year-old from Alto Adige, with a unique solidity from the baseline, great percentages on the return and a power in his shots that is unique on the circuit.

"It won't be easy," said the number 1 himself, speaking of the first rounds, as often happens. Jarry he had already set a trap for him, in 2019 in s'Hertogenbosch, on the grass where the Chilean serve was deadly. But he was literally another Sinner. The odds paint the blue as the absolute favorite. A quick victory would also be important not only to break the ice at forty degrees, but would pave the way for the number one, who had a rather advantageous draw.

Just the other day, however, the Clostebol case seemed further away than ever, with the announcement of the hearing date (which sees opposing parties Jannik and Wada) at the Tas in Lausanne for April 16 and 17. But just yesterday the Gazzetta dello Sport revealed the name of the president of the super partes arbitration, the Luxembourgian Jacques Radoux. A former tennis player to judge a tennis player in action. Prepared and impartial, it is said, Radoux at the peak of his career reached around number 500 in the ranking. He was also Davis captain for the Luxembourg team from 2008 to 2013. He studied law in France, and is a legal secretary at the Court of Justice of the European Union. Since 2008 he has been in charge of the tennis section of Special Olympics Luxembourg. It should be remembered that the other two judges are "biased". Ken Lalo (the same one who extended Sara Errani's disqualification) was chosen by Wada, and Jeffrey Benz by the team of Sinner.

Returning to the field, in addition to Jannik Tomorrow Arnaldi and Musetti will take to the field, in an all-Italian derby (not before 4:XNUMX Italian time), Luca Nardi against the Canadian Diallo. And again: Cocciaretto-Shnaider, Bronzetti-Azarenka. Finally, not before XNUMX:XNUMX, Fognini will try to score a win with Dimitrov.

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