Youtube Channel of Jannik Sinner and Davis Cup Drama: tennis briefing

Welcome to the Monday tennis briefing, where the stories behind last week’s stories will explain in court.

This week, the Davis Cup The qualifications brought an extreme drama, two Americans have done deep tournament races, and Jannik sinner made his debut on a YouTube channel.

Why does the sinner become a youtuber?

There is this old saying that movie stars want to be jocks and jocks want to be movie stars.

The axiom brings us Jannik Sinner, champion of the Australian Open And youtuber. While the sports world awaits the release of “My Way”, the Netflix tennis Documentary on Carlos Alcaraz, Sinner decided to add his contribution to the film in the form of a VLOG documenting its title race in Melbourne. The world male n ° 1 joins an increasing harvest of players choosing to take control of their own media production as much as they can, capitalizing on their renown without using intermediaries. The promise is of direct access, but it can often look more like an escape managed by scene of everything they do not want people to see.

Do not expect an overview of what makes the famous private and composed sinner. Big Revears: he is friendly with his drivers; He likes to drive golf carts in a little quickly Melbourne Parkservice roads; Slam end Sundays are very special for him and still feel rare, even if he has experienced three in 13 months; He celebrates his titles with a hamburger.

The film begins the day after the fourth tower victory to Sinner against Holger Rune, which he made by fighting against a disease. According to the vlog, after him, he thought he would win the tournament.

Everyone did it too.

What now for Simona Halep?

Simona HalepA double champion of the Grand Slam, said that “the idea of ​​taking my retirement very often crosses my mind.”

In an interview GolazoHalep, 33, said that a knee injury was seriously contemplating his future. “The knee injury I have is quite serious and difficult to recover,” she said.

“I don’t know if I’m afraid of growing, but when I feel pain, it’s hard to play at the highest level. It is very difficult to come back where I was, especially after such a long break.

“The idea of ​​taking my retirement very often crosses my mind. I have reached an age when I have difficult injuries to recover.

“My knee will not heal completely; I was advised to undergo surgery, but it is a complicated procedure, and I don’t think I will pass it. »»

Halep is classified n ° 870 only returned from a doping ban last March, after being tested positive for the prohibited substance Roxadustat at the US Open 2022.

Halep was provisionally suspended in October 2022, then received a four -year ban in September 2023, but this was reduced on appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Case) to nine months in March 2024. that Halep “would not have been significant for lack or negligence. “Because she had already served far from nine months, Halep was able to return immediately. Halep has always denied having knowingly taken the prohibited substance roxadustat and presented evidence that the fluctuations of her hemoglobin levels were in his normal range .

She received a Joker for the Miami Open shortly after her return, but Halep has only played five games since the end of his suspension; She appeared for the last time at the Hong Kong Open in October and she will return this week to the Transylvania Open in Cluj-Napoca, in her native Romania. Halep had received a qualification joker for the Australian Open in January – the first joker of all kinds which had been given to him for the Great Chelems since his return from his doping ban – but had to injure himself.

It is increasingly unlikely that the former n ° 1 of the world and the French open and the champion of Wimbledon again withdraws from these heights.

Why did the Davis Cup brought so much drama?

The incident involving exuberant celebrations, a collision, three time violations and an international dispute between Zizou Bergs of Belgium and Cristian Garin from Chile needs his own explanation. But the Davis Cup Qualifications, generally an exhibition of stronger tennis nations beating the weakest, turned out to be unusually dramatic in all areas. If there is news, it is probably for bad reasons.

He therefore proved, in court and outside. The United States, Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain, Croatia, Argentina, Australia and France all avoided ignominy this weekend, winning their ties with tennis nations -Dene weaker. Serbia and Great Britain, hampered by injuries Novak Djokovic And Jack Draper, not so much – even if an inspired Holger Rune and Yoshihito Nishioka never would be respectively for Denmark and Japan.

The winning teams qualified for the last qualifying series, which will take place in September, the weekend after We open.

The United States has defeated Chinese Taipei with a range of beginners – Alex Michelsen And Marcos Giron – in simple and long -time – Rajeev Ram and Austin Krajicek – Double. Larger cannons will probably be in the team for equality at home against the Czech Republic in September, which will totaled Jakub Mensik and Tomas Machac, but Captain Bob Bryan may well stay with his pair of doubles. Ram and Krajicek were replaced by Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton at the last minute by everything on the line against Australia in a quarter -final last November; The bet has not paid.

The dramatic came in the link in France with Brazil. The referee considered that a wandering ground for Arthur Fil. had touched Thiago Seyboth Wild on his way beyond the basic line, granting a point to France which gave son an advance of 5-4 in the second set and the opportunity to serve the match. Seyboth Wild pleaded his innocence, less to the referee than to the son, who referred to the referee.

Come at the end of the match, Seyboth Wild pulled films in a handshake in the all name.

How the American growth of female tennis rolled

There is a silly quantity of women who are successful. Madison Keys is the Australian Open champion. Keys, Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro are all in the top 10 of the WTA. Ann Li, the pride of the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, joined their number by reaching the Singapore Open final on Sunday, where she lost the veteran of the Elise Mertens tour. Li at 8-4 this season, and on the road to the final, she won notable victories on Daria Saville from Australia and Anna Kalinskaya of Russia, the seeded.

She beat the former champion of the United States Sloane Stephens twice this season and one of her four defeats took place in the first round of the Australian Open, when Keys beat 6-4, 7-5 . It is a loss that has aged well. Li will reach n ° 60 in the ranking this week.

Another less classified American also spent a very good week. The Aleksandar Kovacevic, raised from New York, made its first final of the ATP tour, losing against Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada, which beat it 6-2, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2 ) In Montpellier, France.

“An incredible match, an incredible atmosphere,” said Kovacevic, who saved Match Point in the second set with a back-line winner, told an ATP communications manager after the end.

Kovacevic week has included victories on Andrey Rublev from Russia, Alexander Bublik from Kazakhstan and David Goffin from Belgium. It is at n ° 72 in the ranking this week.

No rest for the tired. “I have to play another match Wednesday in Rotterdam,” Kovacevic said. “The emphasis is on this.”

Shooting of the week

A brilliant point between Petra Martic and Eva Lys.

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🏆 Winners of the week

🎾 ATP:

🏆 Felix Auger-Aliassime (2) defeated. Aleksandar Kovacevic (Q) 6-2, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (2) to win the Open Occitania (250) in Montpellier, France. This is the sixth Canadian title of the ATP tour.

🎾 WTA:

🏆 Ekaterina Alexandrova (4) defeated. Dayana Yastremska (5) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 to win the Haute-Austria Medies (500) in Linz, Austria. This is the fifth title of the WTA tour of Alexandrova.

🏆 Elise Mertens (2) defeated. Ann Li 6-1, 6-4 to win the Open Singapore (250) in Singapore. This is the ninth simple title of the Belgian WTA Tour.

📈📉 Coming up / at the bottom of the line

📈 Dayana Yastremska Climb to 20 places from n ° 70 to n ° 50 after its race at the Linz final.

📈 Aleksandar Kovacevic Monte 27 places from n ° 102 to n ° 75 after reaching the final in Montpellier.

📈 Ann Li enter the top 60 after having increased 25 places in n ° 85.

📉 Holger Rune falls two places from n ° 12 to n ° 14, lifting Ben Shelton at a career summit of n ° 13.

📉 Jelena Ostapenko The summer nine places from n ° 26 to n ° 35, leaving the top 30 for the first time since June 2021.

📉 Alexander Bublik Type 10 spots from n ° 39 at n ° 49.

📅 Coming

🎾 ATP

📍rotterdam, Netherlands: AMRO Open AMRO (500) with Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Alex de Minaur, Arthur fils.