Pavi and Perettini looking for the big shot

Italian tennis resumes from Montreal. The main draw of the Canadian Masters 1000 begins today ahead of a great meeting with the US Open. Blue symbols Jannik Pavi And Matteo Perettini They face the American commitment on the concrete surface, with the awareness that a better result can be achieved. The absence of Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal and German Alexander Zverev makes the predictions more balanced than usual.

Sinner: Faith in a higher position after you

The South Tyrolean, who won the Umac red clay tournament, arrives in Canada ready to confirm the improvement guaranteed by the treatment. Cahill is the new Australian coach of the Italian No.1. The victory in the final against Galos Algaras showed the audience the sometimes devastating sinner, precisely against what was considered the main opponent for years to come. Regarding the duel with the Spaniards, Blue made some statements: “We are both young, but we play incredible tennis. Let’s see what happens in the future. When we face each other, we will play at our highest level. We have two different physios: I have finished my physical maturity and he Physically peaked before me Sinner will make his debut at the Stade Iga on Wednesday 10 August against an opponent drawn from the qualifiers.

Santopadre (Coach Berettini): “Let’s cross our fingers”

Instead there is not a very beneficial draw Matteo Perettini. The Italian will face Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta in the first round, a rather tricky opponent. Among precedents between the two, we remember the round of 16 at the Australian Open in January. The Romanian defeated the Iberian in three sets to nil. Regarding the general condition of the form hammer, The blue trainer intervened. Vincenzo Santopadre: “The rail link to Turin (Nito ATP Finals) passes through North American concrete. We have reached an important stage of the season and we cannot stop now. Three years ago he missed the field with an ankle problem, last year he was sidelined with muscle cramps, and in 2020 the circuit went up in smoke due to Covid. Fingers crossed we have a first in Canada.

Other Italians: There’s Fognini. Women in Toronto

Fabio Fognini Qualifiers made it to the main round of the competition. After defeating Canadian Kelsey Stevenson in the first preliminary round, the Ligurian knocked out German Daniel Altmeier in the second round. He will face Danish Holger Rune in his debut in the main draw. In Canada too, they have been busy since this afternoon Martina Trevisan And Camila Giorgi. The two Italian standard bearers made their debuts in Toronto against the group’s number nine, Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia and Emma Raducanu, respectively. Marcheson will defy the forecast going forward and try to replicate the winning streak of 2021.

ATP and WTA rankings: Bavi loses two positions

In the world rankings, updated as usual earlier in the week, five Italians are in the top 100 in the men’s rankings. However, Sinner and Fognini lose their positions: The first falls to twelfth, the second moves from fifty-fifth to sixtieth. Soneko smiles and takes a seat. Russian Daniil Medvedev is always in command. In the women’s field, Poland’s Ika Switek has always dominated. As for Blue, everything practically stopped last week. There are always four women in the top hundred: Trevisan, Giorgi, Paolini and Bronzetti.