Tennis that captivates TV viewers and live audiences, tennis that after the third consecutive Davis Cup triumph is not just Jannik Sinner.
The success in Bologna of the Berrettini-Cobolli team makes the president of the tennis and padel federation, Sardinian Angelo Binaghi , proud, who, in light of Italy's increasingly growing status as a world superpower , returns to the charge to achieve a fifth slam.
"Congratulations go to the boys. They go out there and win. We're enjoying this amazing moment ," Binaghi told Radio anch'io lo sport on Rai 1. "We shouldn't have complained about the absences; Sinner was right . We should have focused on winning with what we had, which is a lot . The boys had such big hearts. Congratulations to captain Volandri, who manages to create this fantastic atmosphere."
With Sinner and Musetti absent, two key players are Matteo Berrettini and Flavio Cobolli: for the former, it's a moment of rebirth, for the latter, a turning point. " One of our goals is to ensure that Berrettini, among the men, and Errani, among the women, are as long-lived as possible ," Binaghi emphasizes. "They are two leaders for these two generations of young men and women who have great passion and want to bring excitement to Italians. Finally, tennis has paralyzed Rai 1, postponing the news: things that happened during the Tomba era. As managers, this is the greatest victory of the last ten years. Now we must continue to work with our feet on the ground. If we can do that, we will continue to achieve great satisfaction in the next ten years. Two years ago, Sinner told Berrettini that they would win the Davis Cup together, and it happened. Berrettini himself promised Cobolli that they would lift it together. I'd be curious to know who Cobolli told that to now. Someone will find out ."
Binaghi says he "razed everything to the ground and rebuilt it based on merit recognition. If someone wants to do that, they shouldn't care about the political aspect. We only care about efficiency, not cronyism; we don't like helping friends."
Now the invitation from Sergio Mattarella: "It's a dream, especially from this President of the Republic: it's the greatest gratification of honor we could have."
The dedication, instead, is to Pietrangeli: "Nicola is the resurrection of tennis in Italy, we built this federation following him, his values and his principles. We are all with him as he gets back in great shape. Fifth Slam in Rome." Absolutely yes, the important thing is that I'm not the only one who believes it, the government must believe it too."
(Unioneonline)
