September 08, 2024 | 23.04
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A special dedication and a kiss to his girlfriend. Jannik Sinner wins the US Open 2024 and celebrates the triumph in the final won today against the American Taylor Fritz. Sinner, 23, in the interview on the court does not hide his emotion. The victory comes at a particular moment for several reasons. The Italian triumphs after leaving behind the doping case that involved him for months: positive for clostebol, an anabolic steroid, Sinner was acquitted because he proved that the positivity was caused by accidental contamination
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On the court, no one misses the special hug with the team, starting with Darren Cahill and Simone Vagnozzi, and the kiss with his girlfriend Anna Kalinskaya. “This title means a lot to me, in an important and difficult moment of my career. The team was very close to me and supported me”, he says referring to the famous doping case that involved him.
So, let’s make room for emotions: “I love tennis, I train a lot to reach these goals but I realized that there is a life off the court beyond tennis. I want to dedicate a thought to my aunt who is not well at allI don’t know how long I’ll have her in my life. I would like to be able to share more positive moments with her, she’s a very important person in my life”, he says with a special dedication on the pitch.
“It’s been a tough few months,” Sinner later told Supertennis. “On the court, it was clear that I can still improve, there are details to fix: the service, some more accurate choices… I will work on it”, he says, already preparing to turn the page. “Today I made it clear right away that I would play aggressively, in the second set Fritz raised the bar with the service and I had to adjust something on a tactical level. Some points changed the match, at 5-4 in the third set I played a great game”, he says, rewinding the tape.
“When I won the Australian Open I felt almost relieved, because it was the first victory of that kind. Today I won after a particular period, I felt the pressure but it’s a privilege to play important matches with this pressure”, says Sinner.
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