The men&#8217s final of the Internazionali d’Italia smiled on Carlos Alcaraz, but Jannik Sinner in turn deservedly took plenty of applause from the crowd in attendance at the Foro Italico, proving that he has remained at his level despite his three-month stop. And for a former No. 1 like Mats Wilander, Sinner’s performance should be analyzed beyond the final result.

“He has the same mentality on clay, cement and grass: he commands the point – the former Swedish tennis player, now a pundit, told ‘Eurosport‘ ’and it is much, much more difficult to do it on clay. We saw in the final that there were a lot of errors because they were hitting the ball so hard with so much spin. And the chances of a wrong bounce are multiplied on clay compared to concrete”.

“What you notice is that Sinner’s way of playing is more and more aggressive, more and more creative, he uses the short ball here and there– added Wilander -. He’s always trying to go to the net. I think Sinner is really the one who is pushing our game toward that style: anticipating, going to the net, playing with variety. Alcaraz does the same thing, but he&#8217s a little bit different. Sinner is a little bit’ more programmed in his aggressiveness”.

Jannik Sinner will arrive at Roland Garros confirming the first position in the world ranking conquered right on the sidelines of the Paris Slam last year, which saw the South Tyrolean stop in the semifinals right in the face of Alcaraz, at the end of five very intense sets: the two could meet again this year, although the direct clash could manifest itself in the final, since Sinner and Alcaraz will arrive in the French capital as first and second in the world ranking.

Although not particularly well suited to time trials, Isaac Del Toro managed to limit the damage in the Pisa time trial, finishing the stage with a 2’22” gap from the winner, Daan Hoole, but more importantly retaining the pink jersey, with 25″ over teammate (and, at least on paper, his captain) Juan Ayuso.

In the press conference, the young Mexican (also first in the classification that awards the white jersey) spoke both about his approach to Tuesday’s time trial and how he is experiencing these days of wearing the symbol of primacy. “It&#8217s been a good day, I avoided taking too many risks in the corners that could have compromised my Giro” he began.

“The race is going perfectly for the team, there are many of us in the top positions and it will be up to our DSs to decide the strategy for the next few days. I would like to be able to win the Giro, but I will have to have exceptional legs, a bit like in Siena. It is not a problem to wake up with the pink jersey, I have a much harder time falling asleep” he added, revealing a backstory about these intense days of racing.

Aclass of 2003, at UAE Team Emirates XRG since 2024, Isaac Del Toro has already made a name for himself among the pros, winning this season, right in Italy, the Milan-Turin, beating his breakaway companion, Ben Tulett, in a sprint at the conclusion of the 174-kilometer race that took the riders all the way to the Superga pass.

Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team

The always unpredictable late spring weather could hold some surprises for MotoGp riders, busy next weekend at Silverstone for the British Grand Prix. However, the weather unknown does not seem to frighten Franco Morbidelli, who aims to confirm the good individual results of this first part of the season.

“I really like the Silverstone track and we are looking forward to racing there – said the rider of the Pertamina Enduro VR46 team, founded by Valentino Rossi -. On this track, the team has done well in the past and I have been performing well lately. I am happy to go to Britain and start again with a race weekend”.

“We are confident of a good start to the weekend, I hope it will be good from the weather point of view; in any case, we have shown that our speed is there even in the wet, so we are confident” explained, without mincing words, Morbidelli, who is back from a couple of unlucky races but in the season he has already gone twice to the podium in long races and once in short races.

The Italian-Brazilian centaur joined VR46 this year, where he has been given a Ducati Desmosedici GP24 (the GP25 available to the team is instead the prerogative of teammate Fabio Di Giannantonio). In the first four race weekends he has always finished among the top four in the Sunday GPs, confirming a newfound confidence after four difficult years between Yamaha and Ducati Pramac.