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  • What makes Jannik Sinner so cruel?

    From Kalevi Kolttonen@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, May 09, 2026 18:02:36
    Hello!

    Jannik Sinner destroys his opponents without blinking
    an eye. He is completely ruthless, showing little or
    no emotion, hit or miss. He grinds it out without fear.
    After a win, you get only a brief fist pump and an
    evil smile from him.

    Like Nadal, he believes there is *always* room for
    improvement so he constantly works on his game,
    making sacrifices each day.

    Jannik Sinner is truly a great champion!

    I am glad Darren Cahill still continues as his
    coach. I thought the last year was supposed to
    be Cahill's last, but I suppose Sinner has paid
    him so many millions of dollars that Cahill
    simply could not say "No". And that was a wise
    decision from both of them. Cahill's and Sinner's
    co-operation has been a success story.

    It is an interesting case with Cahill. As a player
    himself, he never achieved great results. But his
    work as Sinner's coach has proven that he has
    a deeply analytical mind and strictly from a
    tennis brain point of view, he knows how to make
    Sinner better and better.

    This proves that even the lesser players can
    have top class tennis intelligence, but they just
    do have the physical abilities to execute their
    plans and thoughts on court.

    I really hope that Sinner will win both in
    Rome ATP1000 and later in Roland Garros. He
    deserves it for his continued commitment to
    get better and better.

    br,
    KK

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  • From Kalevi Kolttonen@3:633/10 to All on Saturday, May 09, 2026 19:51:43
    Kalevi Kolttonen <kalevi@kolttonen.fi> wrote:
    Jannik Sinner destroys his opponents without blinking
    an eye. He is completely ruthless, showing little or
    no emotion, hit or miss. He grinds it out without fear.
    After a win, you get only a brief fist pump and an
    evil smile from him.

    Sinner just beat Sebastian Ofter with a routine
    performance. I guess Cahill has told Sinner he
    can utilize only 65-70% of his full potential
    during these early rounds against opponents that
    he can always beat no matter what.

    It makes sense to save energy and lessen the
    risk of injuries by adjusting your energy
    level to be lower when you know you can still
    win. It was 6-3, 6-4 if I remember right.

    By the way, if Ofner had a similar moustache, he
    would look very much like Adolf Hitler...Hahah!

    br,
    KK

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  • From Whisper@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, May 10, 2026 17:27:06
    On 10/05/2026 4:02 am, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote:
    Hello!


    This proves that even the lesser players can
    have top class tennis intelligence, but they just
    do have the physical abilities to execute their
    plans and thoughts on court.

    I really hope that Sinner will win both in
    Rome ATP1000 and later in Roland Garros. He
    deserves it for his continued commitment to
    get better and better.

    br,
    KK


    That would be something - career slam in slams and 1000's. He could
    catch Alcacaraz in slams in 4 months.

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