Flavio Cobolli thinks it’s “absurd” to see some criticizing him again house over calling Carlos Alcaraz “the very best participant on the earth” because the Italian tennis participant highlights he has nothing however nice respect for Jannik Sinner.
Though the world No. 32 did not compete eventually week’s Laver Cup, he was an alternate in Berlin and sat on Workforce Europe’s bench. Even in that place, he was capable of spend a while alongside among the world’s prime gamers and be taught from them.
And after the third-ranked Spaniard earned a 6-4 6-4 win over Ben Shelton, the cameras picked up the message that the 22-year-old Italian had for the four-time Grand Slam champion.
“You’re the finest participant on the earth man, you need to understand it,” Cobolli advised Alcaraz.
Cobolli acquired a backlash in Italy; Right here is his response
To nobody’s shock, that individual assertion did not sit nicely with some in Italy, contemplating that Sinner gained two Grand Slams this 12 months and that he’s at present ranked at No. 1 on the earth. However nonetheless, the world No. 32 would not assume he stated something mistaken and he in contrast the 2 tennis stars to Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
“I don’t know what to say, I discover it absurd what is going on in Italy, I believe it’s absurd that I’ve to elucidate why I advised Carlos Alcaraz that he’s the very best on the earth: what ought to I say to somebody who’s prime 2 on the earth whereas I’m prime 30… it’s as if I had been speaking to Ronaldo, it’s not like I inform him that Messi is healthier. I’ve monumental respect for Jannik, I’m his greatest fan, he additionally helped me quite a bit in Davis, I completely didn’t need to offend him. We’d like extra respect for them, I don’t care about different individuals’s ideas,” Cobolli advised Dna da Tennis.
