In 2025 the first Italian player in history (Sinner) on the Wimbledon throne?

What can you expect in 2025 by Italian tennis who has never won as much as last year and from a champion like Jannik Sinner, number 1 in the world ranking for 30 weeks who in 2024 won two Slams (the Australian and the American one) the Atp Finals, cinque titoli Atp, the Davis Cup (encore) and that of the 79 matches played he lost just six?

Facile: win the Davis Cup again (the hat trick has not been achieved by any nation in the Davis of the modern era) triumph at the Italian Internationals 49 years later Adriano Panatta but, above all, writing the name of an Italian in the Wimbledon roll of honor for the first time.

On the phone with Agi from Australia Vincenzo Santopadre, coach of the Frenchman Luca Van Assche and in Lorenzo Sonego’s team, he bets everything on the grass of Church Road: “The third consecutive Davis Cup would be fantastic but for an Italy that has won so much in 2024 (26 titles between men’s, women’s and mixed singles and doubles – ed. ) Wimbledon would represent the historic victory, the one we lack – he clarifies – we went there close with Matteo Berrettini and Jasmine Paolini finalists in 2021 and this year respectively and now it would be really nice to go to London and get it.”

The doubt that Sinner in the coming year (his first official commitment will be at the Australian Open starts on January 12th) may be affected byboomerang effect of a perfect 2024 he doesn’t even touch it: “His new year will be in crescendo despite the impressive sequence of victories in 2024 – he explains – because Sinner is happy with what he does but is not satisfied. He is always centered and eager to improve, a monstrous champion”.

It is not for nothing that Mats Wilander went even beyond Santopadre’s predictions, convinced that 2025 could be the year in which one between Sinner and Alcaraz will achieve the feat of winning all four Grand Slam tournaments.
And the other blues, protagonists of a season that made blue tennis never so successful? Santopadre expects a lot from Lorenzo Musetti: “Lorenzo was wrongly criticized after Davis because he still had an incredible 2024 and this could be the optimal season for him because he has become aware of many things.” In Santopadre’s heart there is obviously also Matteo Berrettini (who made a poor debut in Brisbane, going out in the first round against Jordan Thompson, a defeat which also made him lose the possibility of starting as the top seed in Melbourne) of whom he was the historic coach: “Matteo is a loose cannon, especially if he manages to have a bit of continuity, in 2024 he had an amazing season and could confirm himself again”, he clarifies.

And if for the Roman traced back to 36th place in the world ranking If there were a slight physiological decline, he analyses, “it would still be the basis for a relaunch”. Santopadre is also sure that Lorenzo Sonego (of which he is a staff member) today in 53rd place in the world rankings, he will have a 2025 that will lead him to revise his best ranking: “He had a complicated year, he separated from his historic coach Gipo Arbino, but he is a boy very willing and now he is in a very good condition to go back up.”