Suspended until May, Jannik Sinner will compete in two clay tournaments to prepare Roland-Garros, at his home in Rome, and in Hamburg where he will be the world’s first n ° 1 in history to take part in the tournament.
While the best players in the world play the first two Masters 1000 of the season in the United States, Indian Wells and then Miami, Jannik Sinner is consuming his brake. The world n ° 1 is suspended until May 4 following its positive control to a prohibited product during the Indian Wells 2024 tournament and therefore sees the season continue without it. But the Italian has only a few weeks to wait before returning during “his” tournament in Rome. But while most players will have played the Masters 1000 of Monte-Carlo and Madrid on clay before Rome to best prepare Roland-Garros, Sinner is forced to add a second tournament on Earth to his program, after the Roman tournament. And it was in Hamburg that he decided to register.
The week of May 18, the German city will host an ATP 500, and it will be the world’s first n ° 1 in history to participate. While it has been taking place since 2009 in July, after Wimbledon, the Hamburg tournament, won last year by Arthur Son, was advanced in May this year, as was the case in 1974 and 2008. Jannik Sinner (23) will participate for the first time in his career, he who only played a tournament the previous week Roland-Garros, in Lyon in 2021.
Monfils, tsitsipas and rune will also be there
“I can’t wait to participate for the first time in the Hamburg History Open. The spectators always create a great atmosphere on the magnificent central court. I can’t wait to discover Hamburg and play Rothenbaum for the first time, “said Jannik Sinner, completely German -speaking, about his participation in Hamburg.
“” The participation of Jannik Sinner, current world number one and triple winner of Grand Chelem, which is among the best players in the world, is a major asset for our tournament and a historic moment. We are proud and delighted to be able to organize a real tennis festival for our fans with Jannik and all the other high -level players, ”said the director of the tournament, Enric Molina Mur. Gaël Monfils, Holger Rune and Stefanos Tsitsipas are the other headliners announced by the organizers.
