While Brazil is betting all its chips on João Fonseca, Italy is following with great enthusiasm the development of Federico Cinà, who is 17 years old and is already being considered the main promise of Azzurri tennis.
Unlike the Rio native, who is already in the top 60 of the ATP rankings, the Italian is ranked 441st and achieved his first victory on the international circuit by beating Argentine Francisco Comesana, number 67 in the world, by 2 sets to 0 (double 7/6) in the first round of the Miami Open, in the United States.
It is worth noting that the Sicilian teenager, who is trained by his own father, Francesco, should rise to position 369 after the triumph against the South American opponent.
Cinà became only the second tennis player from his country to be under 18 years old and win a Masters 1000 match: the first was Jannik Sinner, the current world number one, at the 2019 Rome Open.
Defined by many fans of the sport as “predestined” and the “new Sinner”, Cinà will face the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the next phase of the sporting event, an opponent who is 16 years older.
It is still too early to say whether Cinà will reach the same level as Sinner, but the attention that the Italian has been receiving from the public, especially in his home country, is deserved.
One of the great references in tennis today, Italy has 11 athletes among the 100 best in the world, with Sinner standing out. However, the nation also has at its disposal the youngsters Lorenzo Musetti (16th), Matteo Arnaldi (35th), Flavio Cobolli (43rd) and Luca Nardi (84th). (HANDLE)
