The ease is only apparent. Sinner appears so superior even to highly regarded opponents on the professional tennis circuit that he could fool the casual observer. He crushed American Frances Tiafoe (6-2, 6-2) in the Miami tournament that awards 1,000 points to the winner. It seems like he's playing a different sport, but mostly because of one detail. He served 14 aces tonight, service winners, plus five in which his opponent simply missed the ball: that was his handicap, his serve; it wasn't a weapon with which to open up the court and make his opponents struggle. Then he got to work, just a little, very little material for social media, and a lot of sweat. Thousands of serves in training, gym work to strengthen the muscles most involved in the action, hours and hours on the court to iron out every detail. And the results are there to see, because with his serve he's cutting the others' legs off. And now the semifinals.
The work – 340 thousand dollars yesterday – pays off.
