Rafa Nadal has paid tribute to Jannik
Sinner after the 19-year-old Italian pushed the Spanish great
hard in the French Open quarterfinals before going down 7-6(4),
6-4, 6-1.
Although it ended in straight sets, Sinner had Nadal in trouble
and was up 6-5 in the first set and 3-1 up in the second.
"He's a very, very young talent with great shots," Nadal said.
"For two sets it was very tough. At the end of the first set I
was very lucky. It was very difficult for me to pull him out of
position.".
Sinner, on the other hand, played down talk of reaching the top
10 after his heroics in Paris.
"I haven't won anything up to now. OK, the NextGen (Finals),
it's one tournament. In the end I haven't won anything," he
said.
"It's just head down and trying to improve, trying to play hours
after hours on court, which I need to do. I have a great team
behind me.
"We will see in 12 months where I am."
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