The French Terence atmane He is the happiest man in the installation of the Masters 1000 ATP de Cincinnati. “I have no sponsors, except for the racket, I wash my clothes myself,” explained No. 136 of the world after the feat of eliminating two players from the top-10, the American Taylor Fritz and the Danish Holger Rune.
A heel of at least $ 332,160, before taxes, had secured. In twelve days, an income is the third of what I had won so far as a tennis professional.
In addition, a meteoric ascent in the ranking, releasing in the Top-100, climbing to the 69th position. A dream that is not over yet, because this Saturday he disputes Cincinnati's 'semi' before No. 1 and current champion, the Italian Jannik Sinner.
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Atmana surprised Sinner, in the same access tunnel to the court. On the day of Transalpino's 24th birthday, the Frenchman gave him one of his Pokémon cards, his collector's passion. It has hundreds.
He caught Sinner off guard, who gave a brief explanation. The Italian thanked the gesture with a hug. A few meters further, they became sports enemies, for a position in the final. For Jannik, vital to get to Monday, defending crown and also protecting No. 1.
He won Sinner, 7-6 (4) and 6-2, not without difficulty reading the powerful serve and right of Atrena. The Italian revealed that the letter was a Pikachu. French was generous.
