{"id":269043,"date":"2025-07-17T10:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/269043\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T10:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:14:11","slug":"jannik-sinners-davis-cup-captain-gives-his-verdict-on-how-fans-treated-him-at-wimbledon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/269043\/","title":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner\u2019s Davis Cup captain gives his verdict on how fans treated him at Wimbledon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Jannik Sinner picked up his first Wimbledon title in 2025, defeating his biggest rival in the final.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>35 days after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/the-one-shot-which-cost-jannik-sinner-the-french-open-title-has-been-identified-he-will-look-back-on-that-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sinner lost a five-set thriller to Carlos Alcaraz<\/a> in the French Open final, the pair met again, in the final of Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>Not to be denied this time around, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/marion-bartoli-noticed-what-carlos-alcaraz-did-when-jannik-sinner-returned-to-the-court-as-wimbledon-champion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sinner fought back from a set down to defeat Alcaraz<\/a> 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, winning his fourth Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2224312916-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jannik Sinner kisses the Wimbledon trophy after beating Carlos Alcaraz in the 2025 final\" class=\"wp-image-111823\" \/>Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The world number one took in the applause from the fans on Centre Court after the match, as they celebrated the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wimbledon<\/a> champion.<\/p>\n<p>Weighing in with his thoughts, Sinner\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/davis-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Davis Cup<\/a> captain, Filippo Volandri, has given his verdict on how fans treated the Italian at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>Filippo Volandri says Wimbledon fans treated Jannik Sinner \u2018very differently\u2019 to those at Roland Garros<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Tennis\/15-07-2025\/la-gioia-di-volandri-sinner-straordinario-vince-e-aiuta-gli-altri-che-gruppo-in-davis.shtml?refresh_ce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">La Gazzetta dello Sport<\/a>, Volandri highlighted the differences between the crowds at Wimbledon and the French Open.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fans were very different from those in Paris, where there was so much support for [Carlos] Alcaraz,\u201d said Volandri.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere, at first, there was rightly a slight preference for the Spaniard, but then it became clear they were rooting for the match and the spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTowards the end, however, the support for our champion really rose loudly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"644\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2225103397-1024x644.jpg\" alt=\"Jannik Sinner waves to the fans after winning the 2025 Wimbledon final\" class=\"wp-image-112709\" \/>Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Volandri proceeded to praise his star player, commenting on the effort he makes with younger Italian tennis hopefuls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Jannik [Sinner] is on the court, when he has to play a match, he\u2019s a war machine. But when he\u2019s in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/davis-cup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Davis Cup<\/a>, or when other Italians are playing, he\u2019s fantastic because he always makes himself available,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is also his greatness: he doesn\u2019t put himself up there as number one, but always tries to help in his own way with a word, a stimulus, a question, as he did in London with [Jacopo] Vasami and [Pierluigi] Basile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a coach as well as the captain of the national team, it makes me happy that everyone is like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sinner trained with Italian youngsters Jacopo Vasami and Pierluigi Basile during Wimbledon, as the pair competed in the junior tournament.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"inline-links multi\">\n<li>Jacopo Vasami \u2013 Lost in Wimbledon juniors 3R<\/li>\n<li>Pierluigi Basile \u2013 Lost in Wimbledon juniors 1R<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2223805768-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Pierluigi Basile in action at the 2025 Wimbledon juniors tournament\" class=\"wp-image-112722\" \/>Photo by Hannah Peters\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Expanding on the camaraderie within Italian tennis today, Volandri revealed who treated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/jannik-sinner-provides-latest-update-on-his-elbow-injury-straight-after-knocking-ben-shelton-out-of-wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sinner\u2019s elbow injury<\/a> at SW19 after the 23-year-old split with his physio and fitness trainer on the eve of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve done a good job of making ourselves available to the players, creating a climate of trust and collaboration. A virtuous circle has been created that\u2019s doing everyone good,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all together, and the players are together too. We\u2019re a great group, and I\u2019m also talking about the osteopaths and physiotherapists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJannik treated his elbow with Claudio Zanetti, who is one of our specialists. We\u2019re functioning well at all levels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Volandri will hope his team continues to function at the highest level later this year, when they search for a third consecutive Davis Cup title.<\/p>\n<p>Filippo Volandri says the plan is for Italy to win another Davis Cup title in the next three years<\/p>\n<p>Outlining his plans for the Davis Cup, Volandri suggested how long he expects to wait before Italy wins another title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plan is to win a third title within the next three years, always playing at home,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have such a rich and diverse team that when someone doesn\u2019t make it, others are doing well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven at Wimbledon, we had the early exits of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/matteo-berrettini\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Matteo] Berrettini<\/a> and [Lorenzo] Musetti, but we balanced that with the good news of three Italians in the round of 16, a resurgent [Lorenzo] Sonego, a [Flavio] Cobolli in the quarterfinals, and Jannik\u2019s title. We won Wimbledon, guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are currently six Italian players ranked inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/atp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ATP<\/a> top 50, giving Volandri a wealth of options to choose from.<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Italian rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>ATP rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Points<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Davis Cup record<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Jannik Sinner<\/td>\n<td>12,030<\/td>\n<td>15-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Lorenzo Musetti<\/td>\n<td>3,350<\/td>\n<td>3-7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>Flavio Cobolli<\/td>\n<td>2,385<\/td>\n<td>1-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td>Matteo Berrettini<\/td>\n<td>1,475<\/td>\n<td>11-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>Lorenzo Sonego<\/td>\n<td>1,321<\/td>\n<td>9-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<td>Matteo Arnaldi<\/td>\n<td>1,215<\/td>\n<td>4-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Italian players in ATP top 50<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen who Volandri will select for the Davis Cup Finals squad later this year, but it will certainly be worth tuning in for.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 Davis Cup Finals in Bologna, Italy, are scheduled to begin on Tuesday, November 18.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jannik Sinner picked up his first Wimbledon title in 2025, defeating his biggest rival in the final. 35&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4105],"tags":[4294,81576,102344,4718,79,1068,16,15,5068],"class_list":{"0":"post-269043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-davis-cup","10":"tag-filippo-volandri","11":"tag-jannik-sinner","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wimbledon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114868051482040676","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}