Flavio Cobolli thinks it’s “absurd” to see some criticizing him again house over calling Carlos Alcaraz “the perfect participant on the planet” because the Italian tennis participant highlights he has nothing however nice respect for Jannik Sinner.
Though the world No. 32 did not compete ultimately week’s Laver Cup, he was an alternate in Berlin and sat on Workforce Europe’s bench. Even in that place, he was in a position to spend a while alongside among the world’s high 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 planet man, it is best to comprehend it,” Cobolli instructed Alcaraz.
Cobolli obtained a backlash in Italy; Right here is his response
To nobody’s shock, that individual assertion did not sit properly with some in Italy, contemplating that Sinner gained two Grand Slams this 12 months and that he’s at the moment ranked at No. 1 on the planet. However nonetheless, the world No. 32 would not assume he stated something improper 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 instructed Carlos Alcaraz that he’s the perfect on the planet: what ought to I say to somebody who’s high 2 on the planet whereas I’m high 30… it’s as if I had been speaking to Ronaldo, it’s not like I inform him that Messi is best. I’ve monumental respect for Jannik, I’m his largest fan, he additionally helped me rather a lot in Davis, I completely didn’t wish to offend him. We want extra respect for them, I don’t care about different individuals’s ideas,” Cobolli instructed Dna da Tennis.