“Sinner is playing completely naked”, the brutal praise of Tommy Paul’s silver medal before the Indian Wells semi-finals

From March 3, the Indian Wells Masters 1,000. The tournament left many surprises such as the elimination of number 1, Novak Djokovicat the hands of the Italian Luca Nardi. But one of the curiosities was born this Thursday when the local Tommy Paolobefore qualifying for the semifinals of the competition, he threw it brutal praise in a ‘silver’ tone to Jannik Sinnerwhich is at a spectacular level and wants to take away Carlos Alcaraz number 2 in the ATP rankings.

The Italian is waiting for his rival right from the duel between the German Alexander Zverev is Spanish Alcarazwhich if it were to happen will also put the second step of the world ranking up for grabs.

This Thursday the American trend was Paul, but not for what he did on the pitch in the victory over Casper Ruud, but for what he declared in the press conference. TO New Jersey They asked him about the present Sinner and the answer surprised everyone.

“My fitness coach taught me a term they use in Argentina. When someone plays incredibly well, they say ‘he’s playing naked’ and right now he’s absolutely naked.”joked the tennis player who will face the Norwegian in the quarterfinals, Casper Ruud.

Paul’s physical trainer is Franco Herrero. They met the man born in Bahía Blanca ten years ago when he worked for the Evert tennis academya training center for the growth of university and professional tennis players Boca RatonFlorida.

Herrero came to support the American thanks to the previous physical trainer Gabriel Echevarriawho was also Argentine. CWhen the opportunity arose to go to work at Australia He advised the young tennis player to continue with the baiano.

The United States Tennis Association He encouraged Paul and other tennis players to train at the Academy where Herrero was located. However, it took five years for the tennis player and PF to work together.

“I remember doing it two hours of physical activity and two of tennis in a day. The training sessions were very hard and at night he would get together with four or five friends and kill himself playing basketball,” the Bahia native told ATPTour.com.

The Argentine also explains it Paul not only did he play tennis as a child but “in his formative years, played all sportsand that gave him a motor background that allows him to do everything quite well physically.

Tommy Paul is in the position 17 in the ATP rankings. He has two titles in his palmares Atp250one in 2021 in Stockholm and another inside dallasto reach the quarterfinals of the Californian tournament he had to face the Italian Luca Nardihe had just eliminated Djokovic and won 6-4, 6-3.